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Google Photos is using AI to turn your photos into videos and remix them – try it for free

Google Photos is using AI to turn your photos into videos and remix them – try it for free

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Have you ever wished you could bring your favorite pictures to life? New AI-powered features in Google Photos will let you.

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Six-second clips

Earlier today, Google announced several new creative tools to “help bring your memories to life” — including one that lets you take any picture saved in your gallery and turn it into a short video. You can choose to add “subtle movements” or pick “I’m feeling lucky” to animate your photo into a full six-second clip.

Google added a similar photo-to-video capability to the Gemini app earlier this month (ZDNET Senior Contributing Writer Tiernan Ray said it was “disconcerting how well it works”). 

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There are some big differences between this and the Gemini version, though. One is that this one runs on Google’s older Veo 2 video model, while Gemini’s runs on Veo 3; the other is that you don’t get to type your own custom prompt in the Photos version.

The feature is rolling out on Android and iOS.

Remix photos

Also new is the ability to “remix” photos into new styles. With Remix, you can edit your photos into different looks like anime, comic, 3D animation, or sketch. With the tap of a button, you can give your photo a whole new feel that’s ready to share on social.

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Google is calling both of these features experimental still and admits that some outputs probably won’t be what you intended. To help improve things, you can use a thumbs up or thumbs down rating to give feedback after a creation.

With the rise in AI video and photo creation tools, Google says it understands these tools must be used responsibly. Not only are measures in place to prevent misuse, but any remixed photo will include a digital SynthID watermark that’s invisible to the naked eye (the same thing Google does for photos edited with Reimagine). Videos generated by the new Photos feature will have a visual watermark.

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Iger previously served a two-month stint as a venture partner at the firm in late 2022, but left when the Disney board asked him to retake the helm of the media conglomerate, following his initial departure from the company in 2020.

“Bob leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why. He is rejoining Thrive at a time when that kind of leadership matters most,” Thrive’s founder Josh Kushner posted on X.

Iger, who already owns a stake in the firm, will work with Thrive’s investment staff and portfolio founders, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, his advisory role will likely not require a full-time commitment.

Thrive manages over $50 billion in assets, according to PitchBook. In February, the firm announced that it raised $10 billion in capital commitments for its 10th fund, the largest in the firm’s 17-year history. Thrive holds significant stakes in OpenAI, Stripe, and SpaceX. The firm also amassed a 7% ownership stake in Cursor, whose potential sale to SpaceX could be worth about $4.2 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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Bob Iger is returning to Thrive Capital as an advisor, just one month after stepping down as CEO of Disney, a role he held for nearly two decades.

Iger previously served a two-month stint as a venture partner at the firm in late 2022, but left when the Disney board asked him to retake the helm of the media conglomerate, following his initial departure from the company in 2020.







“Bob leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why. He is rejoining Thrive at a time when that kind of leadership matters most,” Thrive’s founder Josh Kushner posted on X.

Iger, who already owns a stake in the firm, will work with Thrive’s investment staff and portfolio founders, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, his advisory role will likely not require a full-time commitment.

Thrive manages over  billion in assets, according to PitchBook. In February, the firm announced that it raised  billion in capital commitments for its 10th fund, the largest in the firm’s 17-year history. Thrive holds significant stakes in OpenAI, Stripe, and SpaceX. The firm also amassed a 7% ownership stake in Cursor, whose potential sale to SpaceX could be worth about .2 billion, Bloomberg reported.
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Iger, who already owns a stake in the firm, will work with Thrive’s investment staff and portfolio founders, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, his advisory role will likely not require a full-time commitment.

Thrive manages over $50 billion in assets, according to PitchBook. In February, the firm announced that it raised $10 billion in capital commitments for its 10th fund, the largest in the firm’s 17-year history. Thrive holds significant stakes in OpenAI, Stripe, and SpaceX. The firm also amassed a 7% ownership stake in Cursor, whose potential sale to SpaceX could be worth about $4.2 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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Bob Iger is returning to Thrive Capital as an advisor, just one month after stepping down as CEO of Disney, a role he held for nearly two decades.

Iger previously served a two-month stint as a venture partner at the firm in late 2022, but left when the Disney board asked him to retake the helm of the media conglomerate, following his initial departure from the company in 2020.

“Bob leads with boldness and conviction because he knows what he is building and why. He is rejoining Thrive at a time when that kind of leadership matters most,” Thrive’s founder Josh Kushner posted on X.

Iger, who already owns a stake in the firm, will work with Thrive’s investment staff and portfolio founders, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, his advisory role will likely not require a full-time commitment.

Thrive manages over $50 billion in assets, according to PitchBook. In February, the firm announced that it raised $10 billion in capital commitments for its 10th fund, the largest in the firm’s 17-year history. Thrive holds significant stakes in OpenAI, Stripe, and SpaceX. The firm also amassed a 7% ownership stake in Cursor, whose potential sale to SpaceX could be worth about $4.2 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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