Deepfakes: how Samsung brought the Mona Lisa to life

Controversial technology that was a porn trend is now animating famous images

Mona Lisa Samsung
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Researchers in Russia have created a video that shows Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa uncannily coming to life thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).

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