Wombo
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| Other names | WOMBO.ai W.ai WOMBO.I |
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| Developer(s) | Akshat Jagga, Angad Arneja, Ben-Zion Benkhin, Paul Pavel, Parshant Loungani, Vivek Bhakta |
| Initial release | February 2021 |
| Operating system | Android, iOS |
| Type | Deepfake |
| Website | wombo w |
Wombo (stylized as WOMBO) is a Canadian tech startup centered around AI. Their flagship product is an app titled Dream, released in 2021, that has features such as using a provided selfie to create a deepfake of a person, text to image generation, and more.
WOMBO Dream
[edit]Dream is an image and video generation app powered by Stable Diffusion. It can be used to create images from text using a variety of style presets. It can also generate a deepfake using 5-10 images of source material.
The app includes a premium tier, which gives users priority processing time and no in-app ads.[1]
Wombo processes images in the cloud. CEO Ben-Zion Benkhin says that all user data is deleted after 24 hours.[2]
Development
[edit]Dream was developed in Canada and launched in February 2021[1] after a beta period in January.[3] Wombo CEO Ben-Zion Benkhin says he got the idea for the app in August 2020.[1] The app is available on both the App Store and Google Play Store.[4]
Reception
[edit]Within its first three weeks of release, the app was downloaded over 20 million times,[2] and over 100 million clips were created using the app.[5] The sudden boom in deepfake technology has been described as "a cultural tipping point we aren't ready for",[5] as it is now possible to create a deepfake from any picture off social media in a very short amount of time.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Vincent, James (11 March 2021). "Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakes". The Verge. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b Williams, Jennifer (26 March 2021). "App allows users to make deepfake videos of friends or celebrities". FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Asarch, Steven (2021-03-12). "Wombo.ai lets users make silly deepfake videos of their friends or celebrities singing songs". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ Diaz, Ana (10 March 2021). "The Wombo app turns your favorite character into a karaoke star". Polygon. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b Fowler, Geoffrey A. (25 March 2021). "Anyone with an iPhone can now make deepfakes. We aren't ready for what happens next". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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It shut down on May 3rd, 2023.