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'Deepfake' AI can turn the Mona Lisa into a convincing real person
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From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/05/23/deepfake-ai-can-turn-mona-lisa-convincing-real-person/
'Deepfake' AI can turn the Mona Lisa into a convincing real person
Olivia Rudgard, US TECHNOLOGY REPORTER, SAN FRANCISCO
23 MAY 2019 • 6:31PM
A paper published by a Samsung artificial intelligence lab in Russia shows the ability to convincingly turn artworks and celebrity photographs into moving images.
The technology raises the prospect of convincing "deep fakes", videos showing politicians and even people who have died saying things they never said, created just with still images of their faces.
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Last year US lawmakers warned that such faked videos could be damaging to national security. Researchers and even journalists have created convincing fake videos of figures including former US president Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one case a speech given by Mr Obama was "mapped" onto images of Mr Putin, making it look like they were his words.
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Olivia Rudgard, US TECHNOLOGY REPORTER, SAN FRANCISCO
23 MAY 2019 • 6:31PM
A paper published by a Samsung artificial intelligence lab in Russia shows the ability to convincingly turn artworks and celebrity photographs into moving images.
The technology raises the prospect of convincing "deep fakes", videos showing politicians and even people who have died saying things they never said, created just with still images of their faces.
[...]
Last year US lawmakers warned that such faked videos could be damaging to national security. Researchers and even journalists have created convincing fake videos of figures including former US president Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one case a speech given by Mr Obama was "mapped" onto images of Mr Putin, making it look like they were his words.
[...]
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Something tells me this will be a concern during the run-up to the 2020 election. 