A comprehensive evaluation of Veo 3 just analyzed 18,000+ videos across both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks. What's striking is the model's ability to perceive, edit, and interact with the visual environment starting from just image and text inputs. The system demonstrates early reasoning capabilities that emerged without explicit training in these areas—marking a notable leap in how AI understands and manipulates visual content. This kind of multimodal competency is reshaping what we expect from next-gen video generation models.