Google’s Gemini 1.5 has raised questions about the authenticity of a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora, tagging it as fake and pointing out significant inconsistencies. 

The critique comes after both tech giants, Google and OpenAI, unveiled their latest advancements – Gemini 1.5 Pro and Sora, respectively. The strategic timing of OpenAI’s Sora release has sparked speculations about a deliberate move to divert attention from Google’s Gemini 1.5.

In a counter move, Google took to its platform X to share a detailed analysis critiquing a video created by Sora. 

Gemini 1.5 Pro dissected a scene featuring a snowy street in Japan adorned with cherry blossoms. The analysis pointed out several inconsistencies, casting doubt on the video’s authenticity.

According to Gemini 1.5 Pro, the juxtaposition of heavy snowfall and blooming cherry blossoms raised eyebrows, as cherry blossoms typically bloom in the spring, free from snow. 

Further scrutiny revealed a uniform and unnatural pattern of snowfall, diverging from the irregularity seen in real-life scenarios. Additionally, despite the intense snowfall, the video characters were not wearing any winter clothing.

Gemini 1.5 concluded the analysis by saying , “Overall, the video is visually appealing, but the inconsistencies suggest that it is not a real-life scene.”

Sora is OpenAI’s all new super-cool, text-to-video tool can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions. Many are also calling this a ChatGPT moment in video generation. 

Google’s Gemini 1.5 features a staggering context window of 1M tokens, surpassing not only GPT-4 Turbo’s 128K but also Anthropic Claude 2.1’s 200K and it can process vast amounts of information in one go — including 1 hour of video, 11 hours of audio, and codebases with over 30,000 lines of code or over 700,000 words.