100,000 AI Generated Faces Database Changes How We Think Of Stock Photos

Some of the uses of AI (artificial intelligence) technology are just simply amazing. Among the most amazing aspects of AI is how people could use it to improve our lives even when sometimes it feels kinda creepy. We also have witnessed how AI tech changes everything from the medical to the art field.

Have you ever imagined that AI tech could change the stock images world?

You would probably think about how people use AI to generate photos of people who don't even exist. Yet, stock image database is another field "touched" by the AI.

If you have worked in a creative project or for any creative agency, you must have dealt with the frustrating stock images world. No doubt that stock images are really convenient. But, there is a fear of coming across the same stock image that you have used in another company's project.

AI seems to be the solution for that problem even though it is a bit creepy. AI could now generate a high-quality stock image of a non-existent model for you. With AI, high-quality imaginary images are ready for your upcoming project. Dubbed Generated Photos, this is a face collection created by the team of  Konstantin Zhabinskiy.

As stated on the Generated Photos' webpage, the people in the photos are not real. They are just images generated from the AI. In the future, it will eliminate infringement claims, distribution rights, copyrights.

This huge faces' library comprises of over 100,000 different faces with various hairstyles, skin colors, looks, expressions, etc. But, the generating process of these photos is, in fact, much unique than what you might imagine.

Generated Photos' team has spent lots of time on shooting different models. You won't have to worry about copyrights since these models gave the team permission to use their images.

Using AI, they have generated more photos, creating a free database for everyone to access.