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  • Deepfake tech used to bring dead relatives back to life

    03/02/2021 10:12:30 AM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 26 replies
    NewAtlas ^ | 2/28/21 | Rich Haridy
    Genealogy company MyHeritage is putting deepfake technology to a creatively unsettling use with a new feature called Deep Nostalgia. The system animates photographs of long-deceased loved ones, turning old still portraits into uncanny blinking and smiling videos. Deepfake technology has been rapidly evolving over the past few years and generally stoking conversations over how close we are to completely losing faith in the veracity of the images we encounter. So far, the technology is still in its infancy but MyHeritage is presenting a novel use of deepfakes, bringing to life still photographs of dead relatives. Called Deep Nostalgia, the technology...