Generative virtual backgrounds for video conferencing

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, via a user interface of a video conferencing application, a user prompt for a virtual background in a video conference;
• generate a first prompt from the user prompt, the first prompt including an instruction to create a second prompt based on the user prompt;
• receive the second prompt from a text-to-text language model;
• provide the second prompt as an input to an image generation model;
• receive a generated image from the image generation model;
• and
• apply the generated image as the virtual background.

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a user interface of a video conferencing application, a user prompt for a virtual background in a video conference;
• generating a first prompt from the user prompt, the first prompt including an instruction to create a second prompt based on the user prompt;
• receiving the second prompt from a text-to-text language model;
• providing the second prompt as an input to an image generation model;
• receiving a generated image from the image generation model;
• and
• applying the generated image as the virtual background.