Stock photos are the bane of many marketers and designers.
The heavyweight image providers are prohibitively pricey, while the affordable ones could lead toa concerned call from HR.
Just check out the monstrosity I made atop this article.
Thankfully,AIcould soon conceal our artistic ineptitudes, by enabling photorealistic image generation.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
Nvidias newGauGAN2demo gives a glimpse of the potential.
Thesystem can translate text into realist-looking pictures, whichyou can then edit to your hearts content.
More complicated text can produce bizarre outputs but that gives the system a chance to flaunt its editing power.
This feature allows you to make realistic edits, like adding a tree or enlarging a mountain.
It can also be used to create otherworldly images.
The results arent always perfect, but the approach has enormous potential.
It may not be long before we ditch stock photos for an endlessly customizable AI image generator.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
