AI-based Deep Nostalgia app lets you bring old pictures to life

Credit: Twitter / MyHeritage

New Delhi: Social media platforms are abuzz with a new AI-based app that has some unique features that have left the netizens hooked.

The app, Deep Nostalgia, can bring old pictures, be it a family photo or a portrait, to life. It allows users to upload pictures on its platform and then works its magic to transform them into smiling, winking and even singing video clips.

Launch of Deep Nostalgia

Deep Nostalgia was launched by genealogy site MyHeritage in February. The company used deep learning technology to manipulate media uploaded on its system.

"With our new Deep Nostalgia, you can see how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video!" the company tweeted.

With our new Deep Nostalgia™, you can see how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video! Read more: https://t.co/ZwUwzJRQ26 #RootsTech #RootsTechConnect pic.twitter.com/LERXhrqiut

— MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) February 25, 2021

Twitterati are having a lot of fun creating deepfake edits of their friends and celebrities using the app.

Check out these amazing Deep Nostalgia edits:

AI-based Deep Nostalgia app can bring pictures to life!

Watch this video to know more: pic.twitter.com/abllg6IdTR — Zee News English (@ZeeNewsEnglish) March 3, 2021

Meet the ancestors: we couldn't resist bringing a little life to our Neanderthal model with @MyHeritage's #DeepNostalgia pic.twitter.com/XbbGVb2ZWX — Natural History Museum (@NHM_London) March 2, 2021

Here's the masterful statue of David by #Michelangelo animated using #DeepNostalgia! A must-see! #ArtHistory #History pic.twitter.com/FWW2PdskI3 — MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) March 2, 2021

MyHeritage claims that using the app is safe and that the company takes special care to protect the privacy of its users. According to the company's website, users' data is not sold to third parties. It also says that old pictures which failed to upload are not retained and automatically gets deleted by the system.