Artificial intelligence models are already helping to create realistic photos, but Google's Imagen is taking it a step further with live images.

Starting Wednesday (April 10), users can load Google's image creation tool Imagen and create live photos from text, the company said in a blog post. The feature means that users can create a 4-second video with a resolution of 360 pixels by 360 pixels and 24 frames per second simply by entering text of what they want to see.

"We specialize in themes such as nature, food imagery, and animals," Google said in a blog post.

"It can generate different camera angles and motions while supporting consistency throughout the sequence.

In addition, Google stated that it has included a variety of safeguards to prevent abuse, along with digital watermarks to help viewers determine whether live images really exist or were created by Google's tools.

Live images have been all the rage on mobile devices for years. At first glance, the image appears to be a still image, but when a finger is placed over the live image, a short video clip is displayed, which eventually becomes a still image.

Google's Imagen appears to do the same. However, instead of taking a photo to retrieve a live image, a text request is entered into Google's AI model. From there, the request is spit out as a 4-second live image.

Google states, "This allows marketing and creative teams to generate animated images, such as GIFs, from text prompts."

But that's not all Google said about Imagen on Wednesday. The company added editing features to the public version of Imagen 2.0, including the ability to add new elements to an image and remove unwanted elements from an image. It also allows users to expand the borders of an image to create a wider field of view.

In a video accompanying the announcement, Google showed how easily elements can be removed or restored using Imagen. For example, Google's tool seamlessly removed a person from an image, and in another example, Google Imagen extended the height of a mountain.

Google's updates are part of a broader effort by companies in the AI field to move beyond the text-to-text AI experience. With each new update, the company is refining its offerings to provide richer and more compelling visuals. This can only be good news for users who want to quickly create images and live shows without spending too much time building up a scene or getting the lighting just right.