The trend centers around AI image generators such as OpenAI's DALL-E and Midjourney, which can transform a simple selfie into a stylized, doll-like portrait. Users often appear with oversized ...

View this post on Instagram To make the portraits he built his own proprietary AI-assisted computer program that takes images and online filters to create stylized prints of everyday people and ...

Examples of what VASA-1 can do with a simple portrait image. Image source: Microsoft VASA-1 is only a research project for now. A proof of concept that shows this kind of AI functionality is possible.