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AliveMoment AI tool animates old family photos with mixed results

A writer tested AliveMoment, an image-to-video AI tool launched in August 2025 that animates and restores old photographs without requiring text prompts, using it on childhood pictures and a photo of her grandmother. The tool runs on a credit-based subscription and includes photo restoration to fix grainy or low-quality images before animating them. Results varied: one animation felt unsettling while another evoked genuine emotional warmth.

cnet.com · 2026-09-17

Blue Jays Draw Backlash Over AI-Made Nestea Ad, Deny Using AI

The Toronto Blue Jays posted an animated promotional clip for a Nestea brand partnership that showed telltale signs of AI generation, including garbled text and a character with three arms. When fans called out the flaws, the team's social media account insisted the video was made by a real animator, a claim a community note later disputed.

futurism.com · 2026-09-03