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Watch it and weep (or smile): Synthesia’s AI video avatars now feature emotions


Generative AI has captured the public imagination with a leap into creating elaborate, plausibly real text and imagery out of verbal prompts. But the

Generative AI has captured the public imagination with a leap into creating elaborate, plausibly real text and imagery out of verbal prompts. As we’ve pointed out before, Synthesia’s tech has previously been misused to produce propaganda in Venezuela and false news reports promoted by pro-China social media accounts. Prior to the launch of today’s version some 200,000 people have created more than 18 million video presentations across some 130 languages using Synthesia’s 225 legacy avatars, the company said.

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