Author HubMatthias Bastian
Social media users are sharing AI-generated images of TEDx speakers that look remarkably lifelike. The speaker photos are so convincing that many people initially thought they depicted real individuals. Flux, developed by former members of the Stable Diffusion team, is the AI model behind these images. It was refined using a technique called LoRA to enhance its photorealism. These viral images were generated using the Flux dev model and LoRA in the ComfyUI tool, without any additional editing. To create similar images, users need the LoRA file and ComfyUI workflow. You can access ComfyUI here or via apps like Pinokio.
OpenAI has reduced prices for its GPT-4o language model just weeks after its release. By upgrading to the new gpt-4o-2024-08-06 version, developers can save 50% on input tokens ($2.50 per million tokens) and 33% on output tokens ($10.00 per million tokens) compared to gpt-4o-2024-05-13. GPT-4o was already relatively affordable, but this price cut likely responds to growing competition in large language models. The new model also supports 16,384 output tokens, up from the original GPT-4o's 4,096, while maintaining similar performance. All GPT-4o models are up-to-date through October 2023.
