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Paul Vicol
@paulvicol.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Working on Gemini reasoning models.

PhD from UofT and Vector Institute

www.paulvicol.com
🚀 All this and more in our paper!

arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2509.20328

By
@thwiedemer.bsky.social, Yuxuan Li, @paulvicol.bsky.social, @nmatares.bsky.social, Been Kim, Kevin Swersky, Priyank Jaini, and Robert Geirhos.
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Veo 3 understands material properties, including buoyancy, reflections, flammability, and soft body physics.
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Veo 3 can understand which objects fit in a backpack, and can categorize objects (putting all the toys in a bucket). Veo 3 can also draw, and understands the effects of gravity and air resistance on falling objects.
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Veo 3 can reason, filling in the next element in a sequence of images.
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🔥Veo 3 has emergent zero-shot learning and reasoning capabilities!

This multitalented model can do a huge range of interesting tasks.

It understands physical properties, can manipulate objects, and can even reason.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.20328
video-zero-shot.github.io

Examples in this thread!
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM