Infinity
AI
video generation
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How HN took it
53 positive, 67 neutral or asking, 11 mixed, 22 critical, out of 153 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 14 for, 1 againstExecution: 5 for, 9 againstPerformance: 7 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Output looks realistic and expressive, with impressive lip sync and emotion
From 3 comments
Hi Lina, Andrew and Sidney, this is awesome. My go-to for checking the edges of video and face identification LLMs are Personas right now -- they're rendered faces done in a…
vessenes on HNBreathtaking! First, your (Lina's) intro is perfect in honestly and briefly explaining your work in progress. Second, the example I tried had a perfect interpretation of the text…
w10-1 on HNIt's incredibly good - bravo. Only thing missing for this to be immediately useful for content creation, is more variety in voices, or ideally somehow specifying a template sound…
johnyzee on HN
Fun to use and produces laugh-out-loud memes
From 3 comments
Have to say, whilst this tech has some creepy aspects, just playing about with this my family have had a whole sequence of laughs out loud moments - thank you!
RobinL on HNoh this made my day: https://6ammc3n5zzf5ljnz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/inf2-clips/f35d0dda-06aa-4e04-838d-77f02a370a04-Bc10YGY5SgVAcWdgPTZlFIZYvauaJl.mp4 !NWSF --lyrics by…
artur_makly on HNThis is fun! https://6ammc3n5zzf5ljnz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/inf2-clips/026845f6-6ec5-40fd-8350-10a3a779e545-XYtTJdrc9VRxMam8PeuRqYgr9jE8oO.mp4
hansoolo on HN
Works across languages, paintings and singing
From 1 comment
Objections
Generation is slow
From 2 comments
quite slow btw
dorianmariefr on HNcan this achieve real-time performance or how far are we from a real-time model?
billconan on HN
Videos break down or go static on longer clips and at the final frame
From 3 comments
I tried making this short clip [0] of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen announcing the beginning of the clone war, and it's almost fine, but the last frame somehow completely breaks. [0]:…
Andrew_nenakhov on HNIt completely falls apart on longer videos for me, unusable over 10 seconds.
bufferoverflow on HNOh, this is amazing! I've been having so much fun with it. One small issue I've encountered is that sometimes images remain completely static. Seems to happen when the audio is…
SlackingOff123 on HN
Identity drift and hands appearing in frame
From 3 comments
Tried my hardest to push this into the uncanny valley. I did, but it was pretty hard. Seems robust.…
marginalia_nu on HN> It often inserts hands into the frame. Looks like too much Italian training data
ardrak on HNI tried with the drake and drake saying some stuff and while its cool, its still lacking, like his teeth are disappearing partially :S
cchance on HN
Actor list is cringe and low-brow
From 1 comment
The actor list you have is so... cringe. I don't know what it is about AI startups that they seem to be pulled towards this kind of low brow overly online set of personalities. I…
ianbicking on HN
Requests
Public API for integration
From 3 comments
I am actively working in this area from a wrapper application perspective. In general, tools that generate video are not sufficient on their own. They are likely to be used as…
zoogeny on HNIt would be amazing to be able to drive this with an API.
ilaksh on HNAwesome, any plans for an API and, if so, how soon?
jadbox on HN
Real-time performance
From 2 comments
can this achieve real-time performance or how far are we from a real-time model?
billconan on HNWon't be long before it's real time. The first company to launch video calling with good AI avatars is going to take off.
modeless on HN
Ability to choose own voices
From 2 comments
can we choose our own voices?
toisanji on HNIt's incredibly good - bravo. Only thing missing for this to be immediately useful for content creation, is more variety in voices, or ideally somehow specifying a template sound…
johnyzee on HN
Longer video generation
From 2 comments
I need to create a bunch of 5-7 minute talking head videos. What's your timeline for capabilities that would help with this?
nickfromseattle on HNIs there any limitation on the video length?
naveensky on HN
Questions
Legality of using copyrighted or real people's images and music
From 2 comments
Does anybody know about the legality of using Eminem's "Gozilla" as promotional material[1] for this service? I thought you had to pay artists for a license before using their…
WaffleIronMaker on HNPutting Drake as a default avatar is just begging to be sued. Please remove pictures of actual people!
LarsDu88 on HN
Deepfake misuse and provenance of outputs
From 2 comments
Say I’m a politician who gets caught on camera doing or saying something shady. Will your service do anything to prevent me from claiming the incriminating video was just faked…
jl6 on HNDamn - I took an (AI) image that I "created" a year ago that I liked and then you animated it AND let it sing Amazing Grace. Seeing IS believing this technology pretty much means…
PerilousD on HN
Pricing and open source plans
From 2 comments
This is surprisingly very intelligent and awesome, any plan for research paper or full grown project with pricing or open source?
AnnaMere on HNAny details yet on pricing or too early?
DevX101 on HN
Alternatives named
Loopy Avatar (ByteDance)
From 2 comments
Yep for sure! EMO is a good one. VASA-1 (Microsoft) and Loopy Avatar (ByteDance) are two others from this year. And thanks!
lcolucci on HNNo, not related. We just took some of Loopy's demo images + audios since they came out 2 days ago and people were aware of them. We want to do an explicit side-by-side at some…
lcolucci on HN
EMO (Alibaba)
From 1 comment
There is prior art here, e.g. Emo from alibaba research (https://humanaigc.github.io/emote-portrait-alive/), but this is impressive and also actually has a demo people can try,…
advael on HN
VASA-1 (Microsoft)
From 1 comment
Yep for sure! EMO is a good one. VASA-1 (Microsoft) and Loopy Avatar (ByteDance) are two others from this year. And thanks!
lcolucci on HN
HeyGen and Synthesia
From 1 comment