From PC World: Three years after the pandemic, it feels like we’ve reached the endgame for funny Zoom backgrounds. Google has begun testing AI-generated backgrounds in Google Meet, something that Microsoft inevitably will follow in Teams.
Not everyone has this feature turned on. Google has only made AI backgrounds available to those who are currently part of its Workspace Labs program, the beta program to test out new features in Meet and other Google apps. But the support document with instructions has already hit the web, with the implication that it will publicly debut before long.
In 2000, creating a funny Zoom background became the rage for a short time, followed by making an animated GIF — including looping the background GIF to make it seem like, Mission: Impossible-style, that you were actually there when you weren’t. Two years later, AI art became the new fad, with innovations like Bing Image Creator allowing you to create custom illustrations on the fly. Google, somewhat oddly, has been behind the curve.
Until now, that is. According to the Google support document, it looks like you’ll be able to “create” a background, just like you’re able to use a custom background in Meet today. If you review the Meet backgrounds (when joining a Google Meet meeting, click the “sparkle” tab to adjust your background) you’ll already see a host of slightly animated backgrounds that look like they’ve been generated from AI, like so:
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