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Hans India
12-06-2025
- Hans India
Meta AI Unveils New Video Editing Tools with 50 Presets for U.S. Users
Meta is making a bold move into the world of AI-powered video editing. The tech giant has launched a new set of tools under its Meta AI platform that allows users to enhance short video clips with 50 predesigned prompts. These AI features let users tweak aspects like outfit designs, settings, and overall aesthetics—all with just a few taps. Currently available only to users in the United States, the editing options are accessible through the Meta AI app, the website, and a newly introduced standalone video-editing app called Edits. Positioned as a direct competitor to apps like CapCut and Google's generative AI features, Edits aims to simplify the video editing process for everyday users and creators alike. The video presets, which are limited to clips up to 10 seconds in length, offer a diverse range of effects—from giving your footage a vintage comic book appearance to altering a subject's outfit into a space-themed suit or adding moody rainy-day lighting. According to Meta, these presets were crafted based on feedback from creators, with a focus on making video editing intuitive and reflective of real creative demands. 'We built this so that everyone can experiment creatively and make fun, interesting videos to share with their friends, family, and followers,' the company said in a blog post. While Meta hasn't confirmed whether the tool uses its Movie Gen AI models directly, it did cite them as a source of inspiration for the new editing features. Once the edits are applied, users can immediately share their content on Facebook and Instagram, keeping engagement within Meta's ecosystem. Though limited in scope for now, Meta has indicated that more customisation options will be released later this year. These upcoming updates aim to empower users with more flexibility and creativity in how they produce content. With this rollout, Meta joins a growing list of tech companies pushing AI video tools into the mainstream, responding to the increasing demand for fast, accessible content creation solutions. By reducing the complexity of traditional video editing software, Meta hopes to attract a broader audience—from casual users to professional content creators. As short-form video continues to dominate social platforms, Meta's investment in AI-driven tools signals its ambition to stay ahead in the evolving digital content race.
India Today
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Meta AI can now edit videos, but with limited preset prompts
Meta has unveiled a new suite of AI-powered video editing tools, expanding the capabilities of its Meta AI platform. The latest features allow users to edit short videos using preset artificial intelligence prompts that can transform aspects such as outfits, settings, and overall styles, a move that puts Meta in direct competition with rivals like Google, which has been steadily introducing generative AI video features, alongside other specialist editing platforms such as Captions. advertisementThe company announced on Wednesday that these new tools will be made available on the Meta AI app, the website, and its standalone video-editing app, Edits, Meta's alternative to popular apps like CapCut. For now, the rollout is limited to users in the United revealed that the inspiration for these editing features stemmed from its Movie Gen AI models, although it has not been confirmed whether these models are being directly used to power the new editing functionality. At present, users will have access to 50 preset options, which can be applied to video clips up to 10 seconds long. According to Meta, these presets were designed following feedback from creators, aiming to offer an easy and accessible editing experience that reflects real-world creative needs. The available presets include a wide variety of effects, for example, users can apply a 'vintage comic book style', simulate a rainy day lighting effect, or change a subject's outfit to a space cadet suit. advertisement Once edited, the videos can be shared directly across Meta's major platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, allowing for immediate distribution to followers and the current version provides a limited selection of presets, Meta has confirmed that it intends to introduce additional customisation options later this year, further enhancing creative possibilities for users. The company stressed that the tools are designed to make video editing simple, creative, and accessible to everyone. 'We built this so that everyone can experiment creatively and make fun, interesting videos to share with their friends, family, and followers,' Meta stated in its blog post. 'Whether you're reimagining a favourite family memory or finding new ways to entertain your audience, our video editing [tools] can help.'These new video-editing capabilities build upon Meta AI's existing image generation tools, which are already integrated across several of Meta's platforms. The addition of video editing suggests a clear attempt to encourage content creators to remain within Meta's own ecosystem, rather than turning to third-party apps for advanced editing move reflects a wider industry trend, as major technology firms race to incorporate generative AI into their platforms to meet the growing demand for content creation tools. As short-form video continues to dominate social media engagement, Meta's expansion into AI-driven video editing positions the company to better serve creators looking for efficient, innovative, and user-friendly editing Google, Captions, and other competitors advancing their own AI-powered video capabilities, Meta's latest update signals its ambition to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving content creation landscape. By making professional-style video editing accessible to a broader audience, Meta aims to empower both casual users and professional creators to produce dynamic, eye-catching content without the need for complex software or advanced editing skills.
Stuff.tv
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Stuff.tv
Netflix's smart AI plans expose Meta AI as a dumpster fire from hell
AI is terrible. AI will improve our future. Whether you love or hate AI, holding both those thoughts in your head at the same time might make it hurt. But you should. Because last week, two industry giants perfectly demonstrated how both statements can be true. Yes, AI can be a menace and a boon – it all depends on how it's being used. Right now, Netflix and Meta are using AI in very different ways. One is solving problems. The other is inviting us to stare into the abyss. Netflix first. Its plans have – for now – even convinced an AI sceptic like me. That's because Netflix is trying to solve real problems. The company will soon start exploring generative AI search, which means you'll be able to search for things to watch using conversational phrasing. And it's reworking its interface, enabling it to update on-the-fly, based on your activity. What Netflix is not doing: obnoxiously shoehorning AI into your life at every waking moment, for no good reason. It's not a hideous 2020s reboot of Clippy: 'Hey, you look like you're searching! AI CAN BROWSE FOR YOU. Go away, human. YOU ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED.' Etc. It's just quietly sliding tools into place, making a service work better. You know, like software is supposed to do. Granted, I'll be singing a different tune should Netflix one day swap out film and TV show thumbnails with AI-generated slop. And I did grumble at reports that Bandersnatch is getting the boot because it's not compatible with this partly AI-powered redesign. That said, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker would probably think the removal from Netflix of an old episode due to the march of technology is both weirdly appropriate and really funny. Met-ARGH AI I had to ask. Meta AI had no answers. I decided to not post that to the public feed. Meta AI has suffered enough. Meanwhile, Meta has taken the opposite approach with its shiny new standalone app and website. I spent some time on so that you don't have to. You can thank me later, because what I found there wasn't so much an aid to humanity as a doomscroll of the worst of AI, all packed into a single, convenient scrolling feed. It's full of anodyne 3D art with a plastic sheen and a questionable grasp of anatomy. Modern art clones that would have led Van Gogh to stab their creators with his brush. So. Many. Candy. Bedrooms. Why? And throughout, a creeping sense people are increasingly getting a warped sense of creativity, since they can get a visual approximation of what's in their heads with zero effort. But the results are mostly mesmerising purely in their mediocrity. Woven between the art vomit are AI chats, which equally mix confidence and hallucinations. A genuine highlight: answering 'best questions to ask on a fifth date' with 'What do you like to do on a typical weekend?' I've not been in the dating game for a long while, but this strikes me as… not good for date five? Most baffling of all, you have to make an extra effort to post any of this on the public feed. People are choosing to! Again: why? Presumably, they think it's fun, and Meta's correctly made a calculation that this is what gets people excited about AI, not quietly making apps better. Although there's a non-zero chance I just wasted hours researching, for this very column, a website where no-one posting there is actually real, predicting a future internet solely populated by squabbling AIs. Which, ironically, sounds like a Black Mirror episode. Albeit a rubbish one written by AI rather than Charlie Brooker. I doubt he'd see the funny side of that.
