Kuaishou’s Kling AI has made a global debut, lifting its China-only restrictions with the launch of Kling AI version 1.0. Now accessible worldwide via KlingAI.com, the AI video generator platform requires just an email address for registration.
New users are greeted with 66 free daily credits for video creation. Kling AI supports both text-to-video and image-plus-text-to-video generation, positioning it as a strong competitor to OpenAI‘s exclusive Sora.
Kling AI boasts impressive capabilities. With average generation times around 5 minutes per video, it can produce a 5-second clip at 30fps in roughly 1 minute per second of video. This speed is notable, especially compared to traditional AI image generators that often take several seconds for a single high-resolution image.
Kuaishou has announced that long-form video generation will be available in a future update.
Kling AI offers three video resolutions: 960×960 square, 720p landscape, and 720p portrait. Users can also control camera movements, choosing from static, horizontal, vertical, pan, tilt, or rolling options.
The platform supports multiple languages, delivering high-quality results for prompts in both English and Mandarin.
Users can fine-tune their videos by adjusting the balance between creativity and relevance. Favoring relevance ensures closer adherence to the prompt, while leaning towards creativity yields more imaginative results. Negative prompts are also accepted, enhancing accuracy.
In tests against OpenAI’s Sora, Kling AI performed admirably. It successfully generated a realistic scene of wolf pups playing on a gravel road, avoiding the issues of fusion and sudden appearance that plagued Sora’s output. However, Kling AI’s attempt at an anime-style cyberpunk samurai resulted in 3D animation instead of the requested 2D style, although it captured the key elements perfectly.
Kling AI excels in realistic sci-fi scenarios. A prompt for a female robot in a futuristic city yielded a highly realistic scene with consistent visuals and no noticeable artifacts, outperforming current video generators. Despite minor issues with fine patterns and specific leg movements, the overall quality was exceptional.
However, Kling AI struggled with minimal detail prompts. When tasked with animating a simple cartoon mascot, the platform produced satisfactory results but showed inconsistency due to the lack of detail in the original image. Adjusting the relevance and creativity settings, along with using stronger negative prompts, could enhance accuracy.
Kling AI version 1.0 is just the beginning. Kuaishou plans to introduce advanced features in future updates, including a high-quality mode for full HD video production, extended generation times, end frame additions for image-to-video conversions, and various camera movements. A subscription program for increased daily generation credits is also in the pipeline.
Content restrictions prevent the generation of violent scenes, depictions of famous people, or NSFW content.
Kling AI’s global launch follows the strategies of other major Chinese tech companies. Kuaishou has set KlingAI.com as the web portal for international users, while the original Chinese version remains at kling.kuaishou.com, similar to the branding for TikTok (Douyin in China) and WeChat (Weixin domestically).
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