Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details

Know all about Google’s new versions of AI image and video generation tools. Veo 2 and Imagen 3 come with improved capabilities, whereas, Whisk is a new unique AI image generator.

By: AISHWARYA PANDA
| Updated on: Dec 17 2024, 09:40 IST
Google Year In Search 2024: Here’s what India Googled the most in 2024
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
1/8 Indian Premier League: The IPL is always popular, both in India and internationally. In 2024, it dominated Google's search charts, reaching the number one position overall as a trend in India. It was an exciting season, in which the Kolkata Knight Riders won the tournament, claiming their third title in history. Sunrisers Hyderabad finished as runners-up. (PTI)
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
2/8 T20 World Cup: The T20 Cricket World Cup is always a significant event, and this year, the Cricket World Cup was hosted in the US and West Indies. India ended up winning the cup, defeating South Africa in the final. (AFP)
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
3/8 Bhartiya Janta Party: The BJP has been a popular party in India. Not only is it the ruling party, holding the maximum seats in the Lok Sabha, but it also won the general elections in 2024, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister for the third time. (ANI )
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
4/8 Election Results 2024: Elections were a major part of 2024, as India went through its general elections. The National Democratic Alliance ended up forming the government, with Prime Minister Modi continuing in office. It is also worth noting that there were several other significant elections, including the US Presidential and various state elections in India (AP)
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5/8 Olympics 2024: The Olympics are always exciting, and this year, in France it was no exception. (REUTERS)
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6/8 Extreme Heat: India also faced extreme heat during the summer of 2024, with temperatures surpassing 50°C in many parts of the country, particularly in North India.
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
7/8 Rata Tata: Ratan Tata, the Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Tata Group, was widely mourned after he passed away in October 2024 at the age of 86. This was a major search query on Google in India. (AP)
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8/8 The Indian National Congress came in at number 8, followed by the Pro Kabaddi League at number 9, and the Indian Super League at number 10. (AICC)
Google launches new AI image and video generation tools, Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk- All details
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Google introduces new Veo 2 and Imagen 3 tools, know all details. (Google)

After the launch of OpenAI's Sora Turbo last week, Google also announced new versions of its AI video and image generation tools, Veo 2 and Imagen 3. The tech giant also rolled out a new form of AI image generation tool called Whisk as part of the Labs experiment. All these new tools promise to generate high-quality realistic images and videos, giving creators a more powerful alternative. Earlier this year, Google faced a huge backlash against AI hallucination, but with new and improved versions of AI tools, the giant claims that it would be less of a problem. Therefore, we officially have the OpenAI competitor in AI video and image generation. Know more about these new Google AI tools. 

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All about Veo 2

Google's AI video tool, Veo was first launched in May at the Google I/O event. Now, in just a few months, the company has rolled out a new improved version called Veo 2. This new version of AI video generation comes with enhanced capabilities such as an improved understanding of human movement and facial expressions, better cinematic effects, lesser hallucinations, up to 4K video generation, and finally longer video length. 

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To showcase Veo 2's capabilities, Google has shared several examples on its blog pages that look quite impressive in comparison to OpenAI's Sora Turbo. Acknowledging the Veo 2 sample videos, famous tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee shared an X post saying “Google's new video generation model is called Veo 2, and if these hand-picked examples are real, they look better than anything I've gotten out of SORA.”

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Imagen 3: Everything new

Google's AI image generation tool, Imagen 3 has now been rolled out with new upgrades, allowing the tool to generate "brighter" and "better” images. Additionally, the tool will come with an improved prompt understanding to generate high-quality images similar to the user's vision. It also includes diverse art styles such as photorealism, impressionism, abstract, anime, and more. Imagen 3 is rolling out globally in ImageFX.

What is Whisk?

Whisk is a new Google Labs experimental tool for a new way of AI image generation which users images as prompts instead of text. Therefore, users can experiment and remix different styles and images and generate a whole new style of image. Whisk uses the capabilities of Imagen 3 and Gemini's visual understanding to analyse image prompts and generate new images.

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Reportedly, the Whisk AI image tool provides a detailed caption of the provided images which is later used by Imagen 3 to generate a remix image. However, it's currently a part of the experiment and it's only available in the US. 

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First Published Date: 17 Dec, 09:40 IST
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