A new change is coming to the way YouTube videos are made, and this time it’s not because of human creativity but Artificial Intelligence (AI).
YouTube is testing a new AI tool that can create videos without needing a camera, editing skills, or acting.
This tool plans to use Google’s latest AI technology called Veo 3 in YouTube Shorts.
What is Veo 3?
Veo 3 is an AI tool developed by Google that creates videos from written text. This means you won’t need a camera or a usual video setup.
The AI will handle everything and produce a video. While this sounds exciting, it might be bad news for small-town creators who have worked hard to grow their channels.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan shared at the Cannes Lions Festival that YouTube Shorts will soon have a major AI upgrade. Veo 3, Google’s new video AI model, will be added to the platform soon.
How will this impact content creators?
Veo 3 is not just a video editing tool—it can make full videos from just a few words.
For example, if you want a video of a child playing with a paper airplane with cheerful music in the background, you just type that out, and the AI will create it. You don’t need to record or edit anything.
With Veo 3, users can also add sound, visuals, and background effects to their videos. YouTube says Shorts are watched more than 200 billion times each day.
That number might go up once Veo 3 is available. But there’s a downside—if AI-made videos take over, real creators may not get the same attention.
Over 25% of people in the YouTube Partner Program earn money through Shorts. If AI can do the same work faster and cheaper, many of them might lose their main source of income.
