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• A new AI image generation method, InstantID, can quickly recognize who someone is and generate new images based on a single image as a reference, according to a new paper published by the InstantX team in Beijing..
• However, Reuven Cohen, an enterprise AI consultant for Fortune 500 companies who calls InstantID the “new state-of-the-art,” told VentureBeat the new technique has a big downside: It will foster a flood of deepfake audio, images, and video tools, just in time for the 2024 election..
• Existing ID embedding-based methods also have faced challenges, but InstantID offers a ‘plug and play module’ that ‘adeptly handles image personalization in various styles using just a single facial image while ensuring high fidelity..
• “The use of tools like InstantID for deepfakes raises significant concerns due to the ease of creation and consistency of output with no training or fine-tuning required,” he said..
• '” Cohen explained that InstantID is a tool for zero-shot identity-preserving generation, which differs significantly from LoRA and QLoRA — a method that extends the LoRA approach by first simplifying or shrinking the model’s data, further reducing the resources needed for fine-tuning..
• These include everything from AI-generated fan fiction and anime characters to photorealism and even fashion — but LoRA is arguably most well-known for generating porn and deepfakes..