{"id":38131,"date":"2021-03-01T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38131"},"modified":"2025-08-30T03:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T00:04:37","slug":"myheritage-launches-ai-service-to-bring-old-photographs-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/myheritage-launches-ai-service-to-bring-old-photographs-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"MyHeritage launches AI service to bring old photographs to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genealogy company MyHeritage unveiled an online service using artificial intelligence called Deep Nostalgia to create the illusion of movement from a static portrait. Its purpose is to allow users to upload photos of deceased loved ones and see them &#8216;in action&#8217;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/2\/28\/22306097\/ai-brings-still-photos-life-meme-twitter-geneaology-myheritage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With our new Deep Nostalgia\u2122, you can see how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video! Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZwUwzJRQ26\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZwUwzJRQ26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RootsTech?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RootsTech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RootsTechConnect?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RootsTechConnect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LERXhrqiut\">pic.twitter.com\/LERXhrqiut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyHeritage\/status\/1364977217533579265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe program uses pre-recorded video clips of facial movements and applies the one that best suits the still image in question.<\/p>\n<p>To use Deep Nostalgia, users must sign up for a free MyHeritage account and upload a photo. The algorithm will then automatically enhance the image before animating it and create an animated image in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n<p>MyHeritage allows free animation of up to five photographs. After reaching the limit, users need to sign up for a paid account. In the FAQ, it states that MyHeritage does not share photos with third parties, and photos uploaded without completing registration are automatically deleted from the service&#8217;s database.<\/p>\n<p>Deep Nostalgia quickly became something of a meme generator on Twitter. Social media users pushed the AI to its limits, animating the most unexpected images. For example, one archaeologist used photographs of statues, and Deep Nostalgia delivered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alright, I\u2019m joining the game and animating some ancient stuff. This is from the Acropolis Museum in Athens<\/p>\n<p>Kinda fun, though it won\u2019t work on ancient animals! I\u2019ll add more as I get some OK ones <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwG9fA99Lj\">pic.twitter.com\/AwG9fA99Lj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flint Dibble \ud83c\udf56\ud83c\udffa\ud83d\udcd6 (@FlintDibble) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlintDibble\/status\/1365848777400139779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nEarlier in December, Britain&#8217;s Channel 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/alibaba-used-ai-to-identify-minorities-uk-shows-queen-elizabeth-ii-deepfake-and-other-ai-news\">presented a deepfake video of Queen Elizabeth<\/a> as an alternative Christmas greeting.<\/p>\n<p>ForkLog weekly gathers the most important AI news \u2014 read the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/the-algorithm-begins-recognising-monkeys-the-spot-robot-dog-deployed-at-the-crime-scene-and-other-ai-developments\">digest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genealogy company MyHeritage unveiled an online AI-powered service, Deep Nostalgia, to create the illusion of movement from a static portrait. Its purpose is to allow users to upload photos of deceased loved ones and see them &#8216;in action&#8217;, The Verge reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438],"class_list":["post-38131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"57","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38133,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38131\/revisions\/38133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}