New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- A new viral trend is sweeping across social media, as users use advanced AI tools such as Google Gemini and ChatGPT to restore their old, grainy photographs with remarkable precision. The phenomenon has taken over platforms like X, where users are sharing impressive before-and-after images that look almost professionally retouched.

The growing popularity of this trend lies in how easily it allows people to breathe new life into ageing photos. Pictures once faded, pixelated, or blurred can now be transformed into crisp, high-quality portraits, while still retaining their original look and emotion.

Using artificial intelligence, these tools enhance colour, texture, lighting, and detail, turning old digital or scanned...