Image generation
Deepfakes are hyper-realistic AI-generated images and videos. They entered the mainstream, making real and fake media indiscernible. This shows another side of democratising AI: an easy availability for malicious use in disinformation and malware.
Media companies are the first to engage in using image generation.
At the end of December 2019, Snapchat acquired AI Factory, a Ukraine-based startup developing computer vision products, for $166M43. Snap had previously worked with AI Factory to power Cameos, a feature that enables users to insert their selfies into GIFs to create animated deepfakes. Snapchat Cameos are an alternative to Bitmoji for quickly conveying an emotion, reaction, or silly situation in Snapchat messages.
TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is working on a similar feature: it has built technology to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else.44
Samsung engineers have developed realistic talking heads that can be generated from...