Meta Unveils AI Video Generator, Taking On OpenAI and Google

Movie Gen tool can create short videos from a text prompt

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event last month.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new artificial intelligence tool that can generate or edit videos based on a simple text prompt, elevating competition with rivals like OpenAI and Google in the race to develop the world’s most advanced AI technology.

Meta’s product, Movie Gen, can create a new video up to 16 seconds long based on a text prompt. It can also use such prompts to generate audio for or edit an existing video, or even use a photo to create a customized video featuring a real person.