With the help of Artificial Intelligence or AI technology, these days artists seem to be pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the world of digital creations. A series of images have been making waves on social media, featuring some of the world's most notable billionaires depicted as "Slumdog Billionaires". These lifelike portraits, which have gone viral, showcase how artists are leveraging AI tools to produce their works. Also Read Artist uses AI to generate pics of Indians at fictional event'Pankh Mela'. The portraits depict figures like Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambani, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, dressed in the kind of attire typically worn by impoverished individuals, and posed in a slum-like environment.

Epic Games, maker of the video game'Fornite,' has released a sneak peek of its browser-based software tool that lets developers create'digital humans.' Powered by the firm's Unreal Engine, the MetaHuman Creator provides dozens of hairstyles, ear types, lip shades and more, allowing users to mix and match to create 3D characters that move and speak as if they were humans - all of which can be completed in less than an hour. The system works by pulling human appearance and motion from a massive library of variants, which are used as a starting point for developers who can then mix and match the given presets. Epic says that'when you are happy with your human,' you can download the digital creation to use in films, video games and a variety of apps. Epic Games, maker of the video game'Fornite,' has released a sneak peek of its browser-based software tool called MetaHuman that lets developers create'digital humans' Creating digital humans is not a breakthrough, as there are a number applications capable of the task, but Epic says MetaHuman allows users to design 3D characters in less than one hour – others can take weeks to months.

Avatars touted as "artificial humans" created a buzz Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show even as debate swirled on what exactly the digital entities were. Star Labs, a startup funded by Samsung, showed the painstakingly detailed AI-powered, two-dimensional digital creations to a large crowd, saying they are able to "converse and sympathize" like real people. A demonstration at CES showed conversations and gestures from the digital creations modeled after real humans. According to the California-based unit of the South Korean company, the technology allows for the creation of customized digital beings that can appear on displays or video games and could be designed to be "TV anchors, spokespeople, or movie actors" or even "companions and friends." Pranav Mistry, chief executive of the lab, said the creations known as NEONs are modeled after people but can show highly detailed expressions and gestures, and even new characteristics that can be programmed. "They look very human, in part because they are modeled after a human," but can even speak in languages the person hadn't spoken before, Mistry said.

Avatars touted as "artificial humans" created a buzz Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show even as debate swirled on what exactly the digital entities were. Star Labs, a startup funded by Samsung, showed the painstakingly detailed AI-powered, two-dimensional digital creations to a large crowd, saying they are able to "converse and sympathize" like real people. A demonstration at CES showed conversations and gestures from the digital creations modeled after real humans. According to the California-based unit of the South Korean company, the technology allows for the creation of customized digital beings that can appear on displays or video games and could be designed to be "TV anchors, spokespeople, or movie actors" or even "companions and friends." Pranav Mistry, chief executive of the lab, said the creations known as NEONs are modeled after people but can show highly detailed expressions and gestures, and even new characteristics that can be programmed. "They look very human, in part because they are modeled after a human," but can even speak in languages the person hadn't spoken before, Mistry said.

Oscar Wilde famously said, "One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art." According to Fashion and Imagination: About Clothes and Art, since the 1960s, we have obscured the boundaries between the two. Imagination and fantasy are components of any art form, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the retail world is moving further away from realism, while it embraces the realm of imagination. And today, modern technology is transforming the luxury world as we know it, bringing consumers closer to brands through the use of retail intelligence and analytics, Artificial Intelligence-powered software, gamification reality, augmented reality, and even virtual influencers (VI). Some fashion aficionados will argue that VI sounds like an unreal and implausible reality.