Google's Veo 3 image generator has taken the internet by storm, producing ultra-realistic AI videos from scratch. Here are the best examples.

The new tool is one of the first to generate video clips with synchronized audio. Here's why that's a big deal.

Google's newest AI video generator, Veo 3, generates clips that most users online can't seem to distinguish from those made by human filmmakers and actors. Why it matters: Veo 3 videos shared online are amazing viewers with their realism — and also terrifying them with a sense that real and fake have become hopelessly blurred.

Media reporting shows that Google began testing this feature in March, after AI Overviews has been active on the site for over a year. AI Overviews was said to have 1.5 billion users a year ago, so it’s likely that AI Mode will have quite a few people taking the model’s responses, rather than clicking through hyperlinks.

At last year's I/O conference, Google introduced AI Overviews, which have driven a major shift in Google search and in the internet's information environment at large. AI Mode promises an even deeper, more chatbot-like experience right in the search bar.

As for AI Mode, Google has indicated that its new AI search tech is performing well and serving its intended purpose. "We conduct quantitative research and collect in-product feed