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Celebrity 'deepfakes' have started appearing in ads, with or without their permission

Celebrity ‘deepfakes’ have started appearing in ads, with or without their permission

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Celebrity deepfakes are coming to advertising. Among the recent entries: Last year, Russian telecommunications company MegaFon ran an ad in which a simulacrum of Hollywood legend Bruce Willis helps defuse a bomb. And last month, a promotional video for machine learning company Paperspace Co. showed telling likenesses of actors Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio. None …

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The man who put Americans online said "the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world."

The man who put Americans online said “the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world.”

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When MarketWatch began providing financial information and data exclusively online in 1997, about half of US households that had Internet access were connected through America Online. AOL was led by Steve Case, who ran the business from dial-up to instant messaging and general Internet access. Case eventually merged AOL with Time Warner in a $164 …

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The man who put Americans online said "the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world."

The man who put Americans online said “the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world.”

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When MarketWatch began providing financial information and data exclusively online in 1997, about half of US households that had Internet access were connected through America Online. AOL was led by Steve Case, who ran the business from dial-up to instant messaging and general Internet access. Case eventually merged AOL with Time Warner in a $164 …

The man who put Americans online said “the next five years will be about the internet meeting the real world.” Read More »