Gemini Made This Hyperrealistic Deepfake Video of Me in Just a Few Minutes
Google has introduced the Gemini Omni feature, allowing users to create hyperrealistic deepfake videos of themselves. This feature requires a verification process and is currently available only to certain subscribers. While the technology shows promise, there are limitations and concerns regarding its potential misuse.
- ▪Gemini Omni can generate videos from text, images, documents, and video clips.
- ▪Users must go through a face verification process to create their avatars.
- ▪The feature is limited to AI Pro or AI Ultra subscribers who are 18 or older.
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During its big I/O 2026 keynote, Google announced Gemini Omni, an AI model that can generate videos from, well, just about anything. In the weeks since the announcement, paid subscribers have been able to use a mix of text, images, documents, and video clips to generate new AI videos. Now, Google is rolling out a new Omni feature, that lets you generate hyperrealistic avatars of yourself. It's limited to videos right now (no AI profile pictures yet), but it does a surprisingly good job of creating a talking-head video with only a couple of reference selfies—surpassing what the short-lived Sora app accomplished. With Omni, Google has unleashed a tool that lets you create deepfake videos of yourself (and only yourself) in mere minutes.
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