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An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary | Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real
Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real.
Historically, making AI avatars look natural and matching mouth movements to speech has been a very difficult challenge, says David Barber, a professor of machine learning at University College London who is not involved in Synthesia’s work. And while anyone can join the platform, many features aren’t available until people go through an extensive vetting system similar to that used by the banking industry, which includes talking to the sales team, signing legal contracts, and submitting to security auditing, says Voica. It really shines when presenting a story I wrote about how the field of robotics could be getting its own ChatGPT moment; the virtual AI assistant summarizes the long read into a decent short video, which my avatar narrates.
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