Google’s new AI video model Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/googles-new-ai-video-model-veo-2-will-cost-50-cents-per-second/

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roofuskit@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"Veo will cost more than hiring a lawyer" is a better way to explain the costs.

ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
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over_clox@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y (5 replies)

That's 2 eggs, per second. Or is that ½ an egg per second?

Either way, I can't lay eggs that fast...

thefartographer@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How quickly can you lay eggs? Any non-zero answer is impressive. Negative is almost more confusing than impressive.

over_clox@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This is the stonk market yo, if I gotta go negative, I just push the eggs back in for later. Don't you?

thefartographer@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

....

No. Like, no....

Never.

Literally no one does that...

Are... Are you okay?

bamboo@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That’s about one egg per second

over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

today...

legolas@fedit.pl · 28 pts · 1y

That's a lot of money.

Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That’s something like $300 for 10 minuets

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1y

It’s beyond lawyer rates

SuperSleuth@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It sounds better at $30/min. Still stupid expensive, so it better deliver. As of now only tech enthusiasts are using it to say "haha look what I made".

But when these video generators are more fleshed out they'll be competing with stock videos, and likely are now. The value proposition is there if you're a company buying custom imagery from professionals. Exciting to see how this plays out.

leftytighty@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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SuperSleuth@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Good question. I bet there's decent money to be made in prompt engineering.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But what if it generates something for you and it’s not good, do you get a few retries?

over_clox@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
  • You may regenerate your video if you watch 10 minutes of other people's failed videos, and take this survey to gather your opinions of how they could be improved...
recursiveInsurgent@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

At least it’s not 50 cents per second of processing time.