A rash of recent tech updates have improved the ability of various AI applications to manipulate existing images without turning the subjects into distorted and strange versions of themselves.
The real consumer breakthrough for AI may not be chatbots, but tools like these that alter the images we hold closest. If you’ve ever had a photo that didn’t turn out quite right, they promise to instantly fix that without the need for a reshoot.
But they go far beyond just glamourizing selfies: Family members who missed a reunion can be added, as could your favorite celebrity. Brands could also swap out the products a model is displaying.
I got early access to one of these so-called “reference image” editing tools from Vidu, a platform from Beijing-based Shengshu Technology that was born out of the prestigious Tsinghua University.
Read more | BLOOMBERG