AI video editing.

Editing video with AI: what it does today, what it doesn't, and how to use it.

AI video editing · October 29, 2026 · 11 min readThe best AI video editor:
who does the editing?Every video editor says « AI » now. The question that matters is simpler: who does the editing? Let me sort them by that, with four real videos.Ben, founder of Montage

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