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D - ID , the Tel Aviv - based startup best known as thetech behind those viral videos of animated family photos , is convey its AI telecasting engineering science to a new mobile app , launching today . Originally uncommitted as a web political platform , cholecalciferol - ID’sCreative Reality Studioallows users to upload a still image and script and then turn over that into an AI - generated video . The technology can be used to create digital representation of themselves , diachronic figures , fictional characters , presenters or make embassador .
Early use case the company had been targeting involve corporate preparation and training , internal and external communicating from company , and product marketing and sales , TechCrunch previously report .
Now available on mobile , exploiter will download the D - ID app from theApp StoreorGoogle Playand then create an account or lumber in , if already registered . On the selection screen , you’re able to either pick a premade “ digital person ” that D - ID provides or upload an persona from your phone ’s pic subroutine library . You ’ll then enter the school text you want the digital person to say , choosing from 119 languages , as well as pick between manly and distaff voice option . you could also choose the tone of the speech — like upbeat , mad , well-disposed , promising , newscast , pitiful , shouting , panicky , hostile , whispering and others .
To work , D - ID is leverage a mix of proprietary and open reservoir AI technologies to power its platforms , says D - ID CEO Gil Perry .
“ At its core lies a foundational model capable of generating video skeletal system based on audio input . All its intersection are powered by its robust API with the power to render video at an industry - leading 100 FPS , four fourth dimension faster than real - time interpreting , ” he say .
“ The core audience is AI enthusiasts , but it is relevant for anyone who wants to send television featuring digital people , either rendering of themselves or of anyone they can suppose – historical characters , fictional characters , ancestors , etc . , ” Perry say . “ The app enables video propagation on the go , concentrate the cost of production at scale , and admit the flexibleness to produce videos anywhere . ”
The videos can be up to 10 minute in length and are capable to the samemoderationpolicies as the web version — import , the company is work to ensure the tech is not used for deepfakes that propagate misinformation and disinformation safari . The company hasalso drink to prize copyright , adhere to AI regulations , and to not knowingly license its technologyto what it call “ litigious area , ” including political parties , porn publisher , terrorist governance , and guns or coat of arms manufacturer .
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Ahead of the mobile launching , the desktop adaptation of Creative Reality Studio has visit 60,000 new signboard - ups per day , with over 150 million video already made using the platform , Perry tells us . In improver , the API for the service has more than 200,000 users .
With its reaching on mobile , D - ID is able to hand a broader market , including user who are mobile - first or mobile - only . This includes both existing users who are concerned in using a lean variant of the studio apartment for mobile devices as well as newfangled users from the general public , let in consumer .
Though headquartered in Tel Aviv , D - ID has employees in other markets around the work , allow it to continue operations during the Israel - Hamas war .
“ Our teams in Israel and around the globe are working to ensure the highest level of support and service , ” says Perry . “ It should be noted that our team in Ukraine is operating with extra diligence out of eminent solidarity with the situation in Israel , ” he add .
D - ID raised a $ 25 million Series B last year , follow the launching of its Deep Nostalgia project and its twirl - off , LiveStory . Those two projects involved animate historical photos of family members , with the latter contribute audio recording . Thevideos went viralas people used the tech to create talk photos of long - lose sleep with ones or ancestors . Since then , D - ID has also been crop to create aphotorealistic interface for ChatGPTas well as itsCreative Reality Studio package , as part of its broad AI evolution feat .
D - ID , the company behind Deep Nostalgia , countenance you create AI - render videos from a single image
AI creative platform D - ID , the technical school behind those viral videos of animate family photos , raises $ 25 1000
