Google's new Omni AI tool will let you video clone yourself - I'm intrigued (and concerned)

Google announced Gemini Omni (starting with the Gemini Omni Flash tier), an AI-driven video-generation tool that can create high-quality videos from text, images, audio, or video. Key features include avatar-based digital clones (with SynthID fingerprinting), physics-aware scene generation, conversational natural-language editing, style and character consistency, and rollout to the Gemini app, Google Flow, YouTube Shorts, and enterprise APIs; the article highlights potential benefits for creators and concerns about privacy, watermarking, and professional workflow integration.