Artificial Intelligence Archives

We tried recreating landscape photos with AI using NVIDIA Canvas

September 8, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment

The whole concept of AI has always been quite fascinating to me. Not so much the whole end of the world Terminator stuff, but how AI relates to imagery. That a computer can generate somewhat realistic-looking images with very little input from the user is just mind-boggling.

One of the companies at the forefront of AI imaging tech is NVIDIA. So, when NVIDIA reached out to me to ask if I’d like to test out the recently released NVIDIA Canvas and some of the AI-powered features in Photoshop and DaVinci Resolve on one of the also recently launched RTX Studio laptops, I jumped at the opportunity.

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Facebook apologizes after its AI mislabels a video of Black men as “primates”

September 6, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

Facebook recently found itself in the middle of yet another scandal. This time, it’s not about the data leak, but about a racist message users were seeing under a video featuring Black men. Facebook’s AI labeled it as “Primates,” causing a fierce backlash.

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Scan your pile of Lego with this AI-powered camera and it will tell you what to build

July 2, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment

If you’ve ever helplessly looked at a pile of random Lego bricks and thought “what on Earth do I make from this,” your problem has been solved. Brickit has made a really cool AI-powered app that helps you make something out of that messy pile of Legos. All you need to do is point the camera at the bricks. The app will scan them and give you suggestions of what you can make.

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This AI-powered app turns your doodles into realistic “photos”

June 23, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments

Nvidia has launched a pretty cool AI-powered app that lets you “take photos” even if you’ve never held a camera. Canvas is a free tool that turns your drawings into realistic landscape images. In fact, you don’t even have to draw – a few simple doodles will be enough!

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Facebook only needs one photo with the one word to copy your handwriting

June 14, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

Facebook has introduced a new research project that’s impressive and scary at the same time. TextStyleBrush uses AI to recreate your handwriting based on a photo of it, as hinted in its very name. And all it needs is a single word and a single photo of it.

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The Latest Luminar AI update brings improved sky replacement, Templates, and more

March 16, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment

Luminar AI has just launched the latest update to its AI-powered editing software. After the first major update in January, more news and improvements are now coming to the app. So, let’s dive in and see what you get if you update to the latest version.[Read More…]

This website lets you merge photos with video and audio to make them talk

March 4, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

After Deep Nostalgia, here’s another tool that lets you animate your still images. Tokkingheads lets you choose a photo or avatar, merge it with a video to copy the moves from it, and even add audio to your creations. It’s a bit less impressive than Deep Nostalgia, but more fun and interactive… and I got totally hooked to playing with it!

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AI “Deep Nostalgia” images have deep limitations

March 2, 2021 by Allen Murabayashi 5 Comments

News outlets and social media accounts have been overrun with old photos that have been animated with MyHeritage’s “Deep Nostalgia” feature, an AI-based deep learning algorithm licensed from Israeli-based D-ID.

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This tool turns you into a creepily realistic AI clone

February 17, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

I often say that the only way to finish all the chores I have in a day is to clone myself. Well, now I can do it, sort of. Hour One is a company that lets you create a “digital clone” of yourself. This way you can create videos, tutorials, even do online job interviews or any kind of presentation without actually being there.

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Canon jumps on the AI bandwagon with its free photo culling app

February 11, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

Canon has just launched a new app that helps you select the best among all those phone snaps. Like some attempts before it, Canon is relying on AI which should help ditch the “bad” photos and keep the “good” ones. But can AI really recognize what’s worth keeping and what should be discarded? Let’s try to find out.

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