From Phenaki's Low-Res GIFs to Today: 4 Years of Video Generation Progress

RubenEVillegas · x · 2026-10-07

A former Phenaki team member looks back at Google's variable-length video generation project from four years ago, comparing its low-resolution GIF-like outputs with today's video generation results and marveling at how far the field has come.

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