{"id":124275,"date":"2025-05-23T04:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124275\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T04:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:05:09","slug":"googles-veo-3-is-already-deepfaking-all-of-youtubes-most-smooth-brained-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124275\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Veo 3 Is Already Deepfaking All of YouTube\u2019s Most Smooth-Brained Content"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wake up, babe, new viral AI video generator dropped. This time, it\u2019s not OpenAI\u2019s Sora model<\/a> in the spotlight, it\u2019s Google\u2019s Veo 3<\/a>, which was announced on Tuesday during the company\u2019s annual I\/O keynote<\/a>. Naturally, people are eager to see what chaos Veo 3 can wreak, and the results have been, well, chaotic. We\u2019ve got disjointed Michael Bay fodder<\/a>, talking muffins<\/a>, self-aware AI sims<\/a>, puppy-centric pharmaceutical ads<\/a>\u2014the list goes on.<\/p>\n

One thing that I keep\u00a0seeing over and over, however, is\u2014to put it bluntly\u2014AI slop, and a very specific variety. For whatever reason, all of you seem to be absolutely hellbent on getting Veo to conjure up a torrent of smooth-brain YouTube content. The worst part is that this thing is actually kind of good at cranking it out, too. Don\u2019t believe me? Here are the receipts.<\/p>\n

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You can barely tell this iPhone unboxing isn’t real pic.twitter.com\/vfZ2lUoliZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) May 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is this 100% convincing? No. No, it is not. At a glance, though, most people wouldn\u2019t be able to tell the difference if they\u2019re just scrolling through their social feed mindlessly as one does when they\u2019re using literally any social media site\/app. Unboxing not cutting it for you? Well, don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve got some man-on-the-street slop for your viewing pleasure. Sorry, hawk-tuah girl, it\u2019s the singularity\u2019s turn to capitalize on viral fame.<\/p>\n

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2. Stand-up comedy telling a funny joke that never happenedhttps:\/\/t.co\/05M6cDZlzK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Min Choi (@minchoi) May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Again, Veo\u2019s generation is not perfect by any means, but it\u2019s not exactly unconvincing, either. And there\u2019s more bad news: Your Twitch-like smooth-brain content isn\u2019t safe either. Here\u2019s one of a picture-in-picture-style \u201cFortnite\u201d stream that simulates gameplay and everything. I say \u201cFortnite\u201d in scare quotes because this is just an AI representation of what Fortnite looks like, not the real thing. Either way, the only thing worse than mindless game streams is arguably mindless game streams that never even happened. And to be honest, the idea of simulating a simulation makes my brain feel achey, so for that reason alone, I\u2019m going to hard pass.<\/p>\n

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Uhhh\u2026 I don’t think Veo 3 is supposed to be generating Fortnite gameplay pic.twitter.com\/bWKruQ5Nox<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_) May 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Listen, I\u2019m not trying to be an alarmist here. In the grand scheme of things, AI-generated YouTube, Twitch, or TikTok chum isn\u2019t going to hurt\u00a0anyone, exactly, but it also doesn\u2019t paint a rosy portrait of our AI-generated future. If there\u2019s one thing we don\u2019t need more of, it\u2019s filler. Social media, without AI entering the equation, is already mostly junk, and it does make one wonder what the results of widespread generative video will really be in the end. Maybe I\u2019ll wind up with AI-generated egg on my face, and video generators like Flow, Google\u2019s \u201cAI filmmaker,\u201d<\/a> will be a watershed product for real creators, but I have my doubts.<\/p>\n

At the very least, I\u2019d like to see some safeguards if video generation is going to go mainstream. As harmless as AI slop might be, the ability to generate fairly convincing video isn\u2019t one that should be taken lightly. There\u2019s obviously huge potential for misinformation and propaganda, and if all it takes to help mitigate that is watermarking videos created in Veo 3, then it feels like an easy first step. For now, we\u2019ll just have to take the explosion of Veo 3-enabled content with a spoonful of molasses, because there\u2019s a lot of slop to get to, and this might be just the first course.<\/p>\n