An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary | MIT Technology Review
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Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real.
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity? This makes it sound as if I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. I am, in a way, about to live forever, thanks to the AI video startup Synthesia. For the past several years, the company has produced AI-generated avatars, but today it launches a new generation, its first to take advantage of the latest advancements in generative AI, and they are more realistic and expressive than anything I’ve ever seen.
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