Facebook says its new artificial intelligence can mimic your handwriting just by seeing a word
After deepfakes of videos, voices, and even satellite images, it's now the turn of handwriting. A new Facebook project manages to mimic most types of writing by simply reading a word. From that word, the artificial intelligence learns the font and then writes any text using it.
TextStyleBrush is the name of Facebook's new AI project. It's an artificial intelligence that can copy the style of text found in a photograph . What truly makes it impressive compared to other similar AIs is the minimal amount of data it requires: just a few letters from a word. In other words, a user could theoretically write their name and the AI would be able to mimic their handwriting.
Facebook explains that while most AI systems can perform specific tasks, TextStyleBrush is flexible enough to understand all types of fonts in real-world environments . In other words, it understands texts with all kinds of calligraphy, styles, thicknesses, colors, shading, and rotations without apparent problems.
They explain that to achieve this, their artificial intelligence tries to understand the typography it analyzes from a more holistic perspective , taking into account its entirety. While AIs that mimic handwriting typically look for specific parameters like serifs or stroke weight, this one attempts to understand the writing as a whole.
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The real benefit of having an AI copy your handwriting
As is often the case with this type of advancement in artificial intelligence, it can have both positive and potentially negative uses. In theory, an AI like this could be used to forge someone's handwriting and "speak on their behalf," for example. But it can also be used for positive applications. For instance, it could be used to instantly translate real-world text simply by taking a picture or pointing a camera at it.
In any case, for now it's just a public investigation by Facebook. We'll see if, in future iterations, the improvements can become popular when applied to a real app or tool. They say there are still limitations and specific points to overcome , such as when the AI has to deal with metallic text and reflections.
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