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https://decrypt.co/208614/chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-shows-off-ai-that-can-animate-anyone [decrypt.co]

If you can't dance, Animate Anyone can make it happen with just one still photo.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/animate-anyone-heralds-the-approach-of-full-motion-deepfakes/ [techcrunch.com]

As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dares to put a photo of themselves online: with Animate Anyone, bad actors can puppeteer people better than ever.

The new generative video technique was developed by researchers at Alibaba Group’s Institute for Intelligent Computing. It’s a big step forward from previous image-to-video systems like DisCo and DreamPose, which were impressive all the way back in summer but are now ancient history.

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