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New Real-Time Video Manipulation Technology is Both Impressive and Terrifying

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We are not sure whether this is good or bad news, but researchers from Stanford, Erlangen-Nuremberg and Max Planck have developed software that allows for the real-time face capture and reenactment of RGB videos like YouTube. This means that they can now make anybody say anything on a video and it will look real. Too real, in fact. The stuff is just as terrifying as it is impressive…

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Written by Tamás Varga
A sociologist and English major by degree, I've worked in the area of civil society & human rights and have been blogging in the fields of travel, nature & science for over 20 years.
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