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posted by mrpg on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-got-you-on-video dept.

Original URL: As fake videos become more realistic, seeing shouldn't always be believing.

All it takes is a single selfie.

From that static image, an algorithm can quickly create a moving, lifelike avatar: a video not recorded, but fabricated from whole cloth by software.

With more time, Pinscreen, the Los Angeles start-up behind the technology, believes its renderings will become so accurate they will defy reality.

"You won't be able to tell," said Hao Li, a leading researcher on computer-generated video at USC who founded Pinscreen in 2015. "With further deep-learning advancements, especially on mobile devices, we'll be able to produce completely photoreal avatars in real time."

[...] Now imagine a phony video of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announcing a missile strike. The White House would have mere minutes to determine whether the clip was genuine and whether it warranted a retaliatory strike.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:34PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:34PM (#746400) Homepage Journal

    Meh, useful would be putting my face on Ron Jeremy or Batman.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday October 09 2018, @01:24PM (1 child)

    by Bot (3902) on Tuesday October 09 2018, @01:24PM (#746423) Journal

    > my face on batman

    about as useful as your face behind a guy fawkes mask, tbh.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @09:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @09:59PM (#746654)

      About as useful as a face on a bot? ;-)