Deep Nostalgia, a new service from the genealogy site MyHeritage that animates old family photos, has gone viral on social media, in another example of how AI-based image manipulation is becoming increasingly mainstream. Launched in late February, the service uses an AI technique called deep learning to automatically animate faces in photos uploaded to the system. Because of its ease of use, and free trial, it soon took off on Twitter, where users uploading animated versions of old family photos, celebrity pictures, and even drawings and illustrations. https://t.co/p3h600G3MX pic.twitter.com/YdAn9IxyW0 — MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) February 28, 2021This 'Deep Nostalgia' AI software is slightly Harry Potter-ish but altogether minblowing. I just ran the @Warcraft cover through the Deep Nostalgia Tool, and this happened... pic.twitter.com/1eD3bb7fAN — Solitaire #The06 (@SolitaireYTG) March 1, 2021“Some people love the Deep Nostalgia feature and consider it magical, while others find it creepy and dislike it,” MyHeritage says about its technology.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2021 12:56 UTC