“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. YouTube’s bringing more generative AI features to Shorts, by integrating its latest Veo image animation and conversion tools into the Shorts process.

Looking at the example Google shared to announce the feature on YouTube Shorts, there are a few telltale AI signs. The text on a flyer from the still photo turns to gibberish in the video, and the photo on the same flyer flickers in the generation, while the pole the flyer is on isn’t perfectly straight.