So far, 2023 is shaping up as the year of artificial intelligence. All us luddites have been schooled on the many wonders of our robotic friends, from their essay writing skills to their ability to draw cartoonish-looking women in bikinis. Every major tech company seems to be releasing their own version of the golden child of …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Lemon Teeth, Doge Couch, and AI Boobs, Oh My
Plus: a Twitch streamer does something deeply embarrassing again.
Impressionist Impresses With Eerie Deepfake Impersonations
Impersonating somebody else is quite a skill — when you’re doing an impression, of course, not committing identity theft. For us mere mortals, just being able to talk and act like one famous person would be enough to be our dependable party trick. However, there are people out there who have a whole repertoire when …
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TikToker Convinces Fans He’s Actually an AI Deepfake Illusion
The lines between reality and fiction are becoming more blurred as newfangled technology rears its head. I remember when deepfakes first came out, and seeing merely experimental videos utilizing that technology was frightening. Deepfakes essentially marked the beginning of an era of the internet where we knew that anyone, anything they said, and anything they …
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Girl Makes Deepfake of Dead Grandpa for Her Mom’s Birthday, Mom is Horrified
Remember when Kanye reanimated the late Robert Kardashian into a creepy holographic deepfake for Kim’s birthday? Sure, she feigned gratitude at the time, but they’re divorced now. Just saying. For people who have never lost a loved one, reanimating a deceased relative might seem like a cool idea. But for those who have gone through …
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Unsettling Deepfakes of Tom Cruise Prove Technology Has Gone Too Far
What is a ‘deepfake?’ It’s essentially a convincing fabrication of a person’s likeness captured in a video or audio recording. Through powerful machine learning technology, an AI can take footage of a person’s face and replace it with a computer-generated one. There are plenty of YouTube videos demonstrating this tech with side-by-side comparisons of original …
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The Surreal Saga Of ‘Darla,’ The Fake Anti-Union Amazon Warrior
As Amazon comes under fire for numerous claims of inhumane and unsafe working conditions, strange Twitter accounts have sprouted out of nowhere—zealous Amazon defenders purporting to be employees of the tech behemoth. We’re focusing on the strange case of ‘Darla,’ whose absurdly aggressive devotion to Amazon immediately raised suspicions and unfolded into a web of …
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Kanye Gave Kim A Holographic Deepfake Of Her Late Father
Remember the time Kanye kidnapped Kenny G and had him perform in the middle of a room full of roses as a Valentine’s gift to Kim Kardashian? Well, we didn’t think it was possible, but he really one-upped himself with his latest stunt. At Kim’s extravagant birthday getaway on some private island, Kanye arranged a …
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