Why Google's VEO 3 is worried the Internet after AI-generated news videos are viral | Mint

Tech Behemoth Google unveiled a powerful new AI video creation platform named Flow, launched during the annual I/O 2025 development conference. The tool, which merges the capabilities of Google’s advanced generative models – VEO, Imagen and Gemini – is now accessible to select users in the United States. Flow enables creators to produce a short form video content by simply typing natural language directions. Based on the earlier experimental project, VideOFX, Google Flow describes as a creative pivot that allows users to generate, edit and organize film -like scenes with an emphasis on consistency and creative control. The announcement has elicited significant excitement and discomfort about social media platforms, with users sharing an avalanche of AI-generated tracks ranging from comic sketches to Faux news broadcasts. One viral post on X captured the growing concern of the public. ‘General population is cooked. You can literally create news with VEO-3 now, what’s even more really? ‘ The user wrote and accompanied the post with a disturbing realistic video. The cut, which was generated with the fast, “a British TV news anchor, said: In shocking news, Jake Kaye Rowe Ling’s yacht sank on board after she was attacked by Orcas on the coast of Turkey,” tip brows about the potential for AI-generated misinformation. Another video of the same thread contains an artificial reporter announcing an imaginary cat level in Buckingham Palace – a surreal scenario that has found very humorous and worrying. Responses to the realism of VEO 3’s outputs were sharply divided. While some users regard the technology as a leap forward for digital storytelling, other concerns have raised concerns about the vague line between truth and manufacture. Comments ranged from admiration – “Wow, I thought it was just by watching” – to warnings: “Welcome to the new world of wrong information.” One user summarized the core of the dilemma, saying, “The ability to discern false and truth – basically a common sense.” With the power to create hyper-realistic video content now at the fingertips of users, the debate on the implications of synthetic media has only begun.