The Wandering Pen

  The recent proliferation of AI-driven deepfake technology that enables the removal of clothes from a person, often referred to as "nudify" apps, has triggered a wave of widespread alarm, perfectly encapsulated by headlines like "Australia moves to stamp out 'nudify' and stalking apps" and "AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail." While the panic is understandable given the serious ethical and privacy concerns these fictions raise, a closer look at the underlying technology reveals that the resulting overreaction often outweighs the actual technical threat posed by the generated images themselves. The fundamental reality is that these apps are generative prediction tools, not revelatory ones, and understanding this technical distinction is crucial for mitigating public fear and preventing undue anxiety. The primary source of confusion lies in the false assumption that these apps somehow reveal or extract hidden i...

  A 1920x1080 image generated with wan2.2 The Notebook This is a guide on how to use a wan2.2 google colab notebook for highly impressive text to image, text to video, image to video, and two images (first & last frames) to video generation that outshine results from commercial platforms. Wan 2.2, which is an improvement on wan2.1, is the top open-source video generation model at the time of writing this guide, and the LoRAs built on wan2.1 can still work with wan2.2. This significantly expands its image and video generation capabilities. You can learn more about wan2.2 from this github repository:   https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2 This notebook enables you to generate at least 5 seconds of a standard definition video from a single image for free in about 13 minutes using the T4 GPU offered by google colab. It also enables you to generate a 4 second high-definition video for free in less than 35 minutes. You can also generate 1920x1080 images in less than 4 minute...