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Finally: Google's New AI Lets You Edit Videos Just by Talking to It

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been waiting for this. Not because AI video is new — tools like Runway and Sora have been around for a while — but because none of them let you just… talk to the video and watch it change. Until now. Google dropped Gemini Omni at I/O 2026 on May 19th, and it’s fundamentally different from every AI video tool I’ve tested. You don’t need a timeline. You don’t need to learn software. You describe what you want changed, and it changes it — while keeping your characters, lighting, and objects consistent across edits. ...

May 25, 2026 · 6 min · 1208 words · NCR

Kimu: the free open-source alternative to CapCut (with AI)

I used CapCut for months. Then I read the privacy policy. Then I stopped. If you’ve been looking for a free video editor that doesn’t spy on you, doesn’t watermark your exports, and doesn’t lock features behind a subscription — I found one. It’s called Kimu. And it has an AI copilot. What is Kimu? Kimu is a free, open-source video editor. Think CapCut, but without ByteDance’s data collection, without the forced watermarks, and without the subscription paywall. ...

May 21, 2026 · 3 min · 596 words · NCR

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