Synthetic media is gaining popularity on TV

Published October 15, 20221 min readMarkdown

A person in a video is digitally altered so they appear to be someone else.

At the America's Got Talent final, four mostly unheard of vocalists performed on stage while, due to advanced AI camera technology, they were simultaneously turned into deepfake Elvis Presleys and Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Sof\u00eda Vergara look-alikes on the large screen behind them.

https://www.afr.com/technology/deepfakes-are-coming-to-your-tv-and-your-work-meetings-20220926-p5bl70

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I am a legal counsel and IP specialist with technology expertise in software, machine learning and Web3 technologies. I also have extensive experience with medical devices and mechanical devices.

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