YouTube announced that its Dream Screen feature, available for Shorts, now supports AI-generated video backgrounds. Until now, the Dream Screen could only produce backgrounds in image form. The feature has been made possible thanks to the addition of Google DeepMind's Veo, an AI video-generation model that can create 1080p video clips in various cinematic styles.

Users can now use the feature to turn text prompts into AI video backgrounds. To get access, you just have to go into the Shorts camera, tap on the "green screen" icon, then select "Dream Screen." From there, you simply type in your prompt, such as "candy landscape" or "magical forest with a stream." Next, you can choose an animation style and then tap "Create.

After which the Dream Screen tool will come up with some video backgrounds for you to choose from. Once you select your AI video background you can record your video with that behind you.

YouTube says you can even use this feature to put yourself into the settings of your favorite book or make an animated opening to your Short.

YouTube will allow creators to create six-second stand-alone video clips for Shorts through Dream Screen in the future.
Interestingly, YouTube is giving the shorts creators a feature that the leading short-form video platform TikTok has failed to come up with. While TikTok allows its creators to generate AI-powered background images, the company does not let you create video backgrounds.

This new feature now comes in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.