Meta has introduced a new AI-powered tool called Movie Gen, capable of generating realistic video and audio clips up to 16 seconds long from text prompts. While not yet publicly available, Movie Gen can create videos with synchronized ambient sounds and perform edits on existing videos, such as altering backgrounds or adding objects.
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This tool positions Meta to compete with others like OpenAI’s Sora, which also focuses on text-to-video generation but remains unreleased due to concerns over misuse and operational costs.
🎥 Today we’re premiering Meta Movie Gen: the most advanced media foundation models to-date.
Developed by AI research teams at Meta, Movie Gen delivers state-of-the-art results across a range of capabilities. We’re excited for the potential of this line of research to usher in… pic.twitter.com/NDOnyKOOyq
— AI at Meta (@AIatMeta) October 4, 2024
The development of Movie Gen highlights a growing trend among tech companies to explore AI-generated media, sparking discussions in the entertainment industry about the implications for content creation and potential job impacts.
Meta has used licensed and publicly available datasets to train Movie Gen but has not disclosed specific sources. The company has not set a release date for Movie Gen, citing the high cost and time required for video generation as current challenges.
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