YouTube is bringing its Veo 3 AI video generation model, which my colleague Allison Johnson recently called “a slop monger’s dream,” to YouTube Shorts later this summer, according to a Cannes Lions keynote from YouTube CEO Neal Mohan.

Google’s new Veo 3 integration into YouTube Shorts will let brands and creators generate short-form videos from text prompts, transforming how ads are made.

Mohan, who appeared at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in celebration of YouTube’s 20-year anniversary, revealed a change is coming to YouTube Shorts. While speaking about the power of AI tools, the executive announced that Veo 3 will be coming to Shorts later this summer.