Meta has introduced its latest AI-powered tool, Movie Gen, a groundbreaking video generator that transforms text into high-quality video clips with sound. This innovative technology can create entirely new videos, edit existing footage, and even enhance still images—all using simple text prompts. However, public access to Movie Gen is not available yet.
Movie Gen generates videos in various aspect ratios, with AI-generated audio that matches the scene’s atmosphere, adding ambient noise, sound effects, and background music. In one example shared by Meta, a still image of a woman is brought to life in a video of her sipping a drink in a pumpkin patch.
Not only does Movie Gen create videos from scratch, but it also allows users to modify existing clips. Want to turn a runner into a pom-pom-wielding athlete or change a peaceful park background into a desert scene? Just type it out, and Movie Gen handles the rest.
This announcement follows OpenAI’s Sora launch earlier this year, as tech companies race to advance AI video tools. However, like its competitors, Meta is holding off on making Movie Gen available to the public, citing high costs and slow generation times.
As AI-generated media rises, concerns over ownership rights and the impact on creative professionals grow. Movie Gen was trained using both licensed and public datasets, but the specifics remain unclear. Creators and artists, already facing job insecurity due to AI advancements, continue to voice concerns about the future of their industries.
While Movie Gen may transform content creation, it also raises questions about the ethical and legal implications of AI in media.