Microsoft Research Asia has revealed an AI model that can generate frighteningly realistic deepfake videos from a single still image and an audio track. How will we be able to trust what we see and hear online from here on in?

… After training the [VASA-1] model on footage of around 6,000 real-life talking faces from the VoxCeleb2 dataset, the technology is able to generate scary real video where the newly animated subject is not only able to accurately lip-sync to a supplied voice audio track, but also sports varied facial expressions and natural head movements – all from a single static headshot photo. — Read More

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