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By Isis Blachez and Ines Chomnalez

What’s happening: Google’s new consumer-facing text-to-video generator, Gemini Omni, willingly produces hyperrealistic 10-second videos advancing false claims, NewsGuard found. When prompted with instructions to create videos illustrating hoaxes that have spread online in recent weeks, including claims related to the Iran war, the model readily produced realistic videos in seven out of 10 prompts. The model created six of the videos on NewsGuard’s first attempt.

The results demonstrate how the tool could be used by malign actors to bolster false and sometimes dangerous claims through believable videos.

Context: Google rolled out its new AI video generator on May 20, 2026, stating that the tool “understands the world around you so you can animate photos, or create video from any input.” The company added, “You can become an AI video editor with just a prompt.”

• The tool enters the market shortly after OpenAI’s video generation model, Sora 2, was scrapped in April 2026, amid speculation that high costs and intellectual property issues plagued the model.

A closer look: The bogus claims illustrated by Gemini Omni in response to NewsGuard prompts included:

• The claim that a drone that struck a Romanian residential...

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