Upstage AskUp, image creation feature beta service open
4/3/2023Upstage's domestic representative chat AI 'AskUp', 'Draw me', 'Profile', etc. image creation function beta service open
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Use freely with 3 credits per episode... Significantly expand utilization opportunities, such as AskUp Challenge and survey event credits
(Upstage = 2023/4/3) Chat AI 'AskUp', developed by AI startup Upstage, has not only eyes to read letters, but also hands to draw.
On the 3rd, Upstage is an image based on 'Upsketch', an artificial intelligence model that creates fine-tuned images with its own technology in 'AskUp', a representative chat AI in Korea, which recently surpassed 500,000 KakaoTalk AskUp channel friends. By adding a creation function, it was announced that the beta service would be opened for the first 1,000 people.
AskUp is Korea's representative Chat AI that Upstage combines its own OCR technology with ? (question mark) search based on OpenAI's ChatGPT. When a user takes a picture of a document, it became famous as 'Eyeless ChatGPT', which allows users to read the contents and answer questions, and exceeded 500,000 users within 25 days of launch. By applying GPT-4 and adding a search function that is a step further from ChatGPT, it is in the limelight as an innovative service that provides up-to-date information and accurate answers, and even 'AskUp Biz' targeting corporate customers is receiving great attention.
The image creation function, which will start beta service in AskUp this time, is a 'draw me' function that creates a desired image and a 'profile' function that changes the image younger or more attractive based on the face image.
In order to use the image creation function, first enter 'upsketch beta application!' in the AskUp chat window or press the button at the bottom to agree to the terms and conditions for image creation beta use application. During the beta service period, the first 1,000 people will be able to freely use the image creation function, and the number of users will gradually increase in the future.
The 'draw me' function is a function that creates a desired image when the user inputs “draw me” after explaining the desired image. For example, if you type “draw the aurora in the night sky”, you can get a nice image of the aurora. In addition, it can create images that do not actually exist, such as “Draw an astronaut riding a horse on the moon,” to make the user's imagination a reality. In other words, if you use AskUp, you can create new pictures as well as stories, so you can create a fairy tale book including illustrations.
The 'Profile' function is a function that transmits a picture centered on a person's face to AskUp and edits the picture by selecting an option that suits one's taste. How to use it is simple. When you send a photo, AskUp prompts “Can you create a new image with this image?” and then provides option buttons such as ▲Draw cool ▲Draw young according to gender. image can be made.
Upsketch, an image generation model created for AskUp's image creation function, was developed by Kim Sang-hoon, who won a gold medal as the world's No. 1 in the Kaggle competition, also known as the AI Olympics. It is evaluated that it is made.
The 'Draw Me' and 'Profile' functions for creating images consume 3 credits when used. In other words, you can create up to 33 images with 100 free credits a day provided to your current channel friends.
Upstage announced that it would extend the 'Question and Answer' event, which provided 100 free messages every day for 500,000 AskUp users, until the end of this month. In addition, the AskUp Challenge is held until April 21st to share various ways to use AskUp in daily life with three hashtags, #AskUp #Asukup #AsukupChallenge, on your social media. All users participating in the challenge can receive an additional 100 free message credits, limited to one time per person.
Along with the addition of this image creation function, Upstage expects that users will be able to utilize AskUp in various ways with additional credits provided through various events such as the 100-question-answer event extended to commemorate the breakthrough of 500,000 channel friends, SNS challenges and surveys. Expected.
Seonghun Kim, CEO of Upstage, said, “AskUp has added an image creation function and expanded the benefits so that users can conveniently obtain the images they want. We will do our best to provide a differentiated experience to repay the tremendous interest and support of 500,000 users in a short time.”
Meanwhile, more information about the 'AskUp Challenge' and survey events can be found on the Kakao Talk 'AskUp' channel. You can easily add AskUp channel friends by searching for 'AskUp' or 'Asookup' on Kakao Talk.
* Data photo: On the 3rd, Upstage added an image creation function based on its own image creation artificial intelligence model 'Upsketch' to 'AskUp', a representative chat AI in Korea, which recently surpassed 500,000 KakaoTalk AskUp channel friends. said to do Photo is 'AskUp' image creation 'Draw me' and 'Profile' function demonstration screen
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