Google's new Omni AI tool will let you video clone yourself - I'm intrigued (and concerned)
Google has announced its new AI tool, Gemini Omni, which allows users to create videos by combining text, images, audio, and video. This tool aims to enhance video creation similarly to how Nano Banana improved image generation. While it offers exciting possibilities for creators, it also raises concerns about privacy and the potential for misuse.
- ▪Gemini Omni allows users to create videos using their own voice and digital avatars.
- ▪The tool incorporates physics models to create more realistic video content.
- ▪Omni will be available on platforms like the Gemini app, Google Flow, and YouTube Shorts.
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Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence Google's new Omni AI tool will let you video clone yourself - I'm intrigued (and concerned) Google Gemini Omni aims to do for AI video what Nano Banana did for images - combining realism, style control, avatars, and natural-language editing into one ambitious tool. Written by David Gewirtz, Senior Contributing EditorSenior Contributing Editor May 19, 2026 at 10:45 a.m. PT Rene Ramos/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.
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