An app that creates a virtual ‘my child’ and creates a family photo has appeared. Following the ‘Lensa AI’ that caused a craze at the tip of last 12 months, AI filters are once more gaining great popularity in the US.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 18th (local time) that Bending Spoon’s mobile application called ‘Remini’ topped Meta’s ‘Thread’ within the App Store and ranked first in free downloads.

In accordance with this, when Remini takes a selfie and uploads it, AI creates a virtual baby just like my face and naturally combines it with the selfie to create a family photo. When a pair uploads an image, a baby that mixes the 2 appears, and within the case of a lady, an image of a pregnant woman is created.

It was introduced as a ‘viral AI app that causes baby fever’.

In actual fact, 35-year-old makeup artist Ziya Brown revealed that she hadn’t had children up to now 10 years because she was focused on work, but after discovering Remini, her maternal love exploded and she or he desperately wanted a baby. “The app was like a magic mirror that showed me the long run,” she said. “There was an image of me and my kids with me.”

Each iOS and Android can be found. You should utilize it for 3 days, and if you should use all of the features, you may have to pay $10 per week.

Remini is known for its ‘picture quality’ app, which has recorded 100 million downloads worldwide since 2019. Since last 12 months, AI filters reminiscent of Lensa AI have been introduced. Virtual baby creation and maternity mode were recently added, and the AI ​​sometimes creates multiple virtual babies.

The corporate added this service with the intention of allowing users to create a childhood version of themselves. But when users began uploading pictures of themselves and their partners to see what their future children would seem like, they turned to full-blown virtual baby templates.

“We found that baby photos evoke strong emotional reactions in people,” said Luca Ferrari, CEO of Bending Spoon. “The photo’s realism is essential to its popularity.”

Nonetheless, the WSJ identified that the app, like other AI tools, has problems. It may take several minutes to generate an image, and sometimes the infant’s race and skin color come out unsuitable, in addition to common issues like finger count, he said.

Regarding this, Bending Spoon said, “It’s essentially the most difficult problem to find out the user’s identity. As well as, to guard privacy, images are deleted from the server after 30 days.”

A psychologist’s evaluation also got here out. “Individuals are more serious about the long run after they can vividly imagine their future selves,” said Kristina Attance, a professor of psychology on the University of Ottawa.

Reporter Lim Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com