Qwen, Higgsfield & Stories That Choose Themselves

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Welcome back to the Generative Path, your weekly infusion of AI-powered creativity curated by ZenRobot to keep you ahead of the curve with the latest tools, trends, and techniques.

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Back to the program… This week, we’re exploring Qwen: a fast, flexible AI model that handles text, images, and code in one place. Plus: a simple hack for generating multiple angles from one image, a look at Higgsfield’s evolving video stories, and a spotlight on David Szauder’s AI-led design work. Press play on Lilac Radio and dive in.

Feature of the Week: Qwen

Qwen is Alibaba’s rapidly evolving family of open and multimodal AI models, and it is becoming a serious creative and technical companion.

Qwen stands out for its range. It handles text, images, code, and reasoning in one ecosystem, making it useful whether you are writing concepts, generating visuals, debugging workflows, or experimenting with agent-style automation. The models are fast, flexible, and increasingly accessible.

For creatives, Qwen is less about hype and more about versatility. It is a solid all rounder you can think with, prototype with, and build on. If you want a capable alternative to the usual AI stack that plays well with both creative and technical work, Qwen is worth your attention.

Creative Hack: Multiple Angle Generation

Qwen Multiple Angles lets you generate new camera perspectives from a single image. Upload an image, adjust the virtual 3D camera, and create fresh angles without rebuilding the scene. Here’s a quick workflow:

• Upload an image

• Change the 3D camera angle

• Generate a new view

Perfect for characters, products, and environments when you need multiple angles fast, without 3D modeling.

Community Spotlight: David Szauder

David Szauder is a Creative Director at Different, where he leads AI-first creative workflows combining design, storytelling, and machine intelligence. With over a decade of experience in media art and immersive installations, and as a co-founder of BuildingScape Hungary and BuildingScape GmbH, his work explores how generative AI is reshaping visual culture and creative collaboration.

This Week’s Flow State: Lilac Radio

Settle into the soft hues of Lilac Radio on Spotify. With gentle electronic tones, warm ambient layers, and relaxed grooves, this playlist creates a soothing, balanced backdrop ideal for focused work, calm reflection, or easing into your day. It stays mellow and inviting, letting your attention stay where it matters. Press play and let the lilac tones carry you forward.

AI Trend: Higgsfield - "What’s Next"

Higgsfield’s What’s Next? lets you turn a single image into a short, evolving video by choosing between AI-generated continuations. Instead of writing detailed prompts or scenes, you guide the story by selecting how each moment unfolds.

The focus shifts from instruction to exploration. By reducing the need for technical prompting, the tool emphasizes creative judgment and visual intuition, hinting at a future where AI storytelling feels more like navigating possibilities than directing commands.

AI vs. Reality: Can You Tell the Difference?

This week, we’ve got a brand-new pair of images to test your perception again. Think you can tell which is AI-made and which is the real deal? Take your guess and we’ll reveal the answer in the next issue!

Last week, we kicked off our AI vs. Reality face-off with street views, and now for the moment of truth, if you guessed the right one was the real deal, you got it right. The left image was created with Midjourney showing off the program’s impressive ability to generate realistic, dynamic images.

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Stay curious,
David and Ross