I just used Gemini Avatar to make an AI clone of myself. Here's how you can too

Gemini Avatar is here, letting you create your very own Gemini AI clone. Intrigued? Creeped out? Here's how to make yours ...

How ILM brought ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ VFX to life, from the AT-AT oner to Baby Yoda’s CG touch-ups

The effects house used pioneering tech, including modified Apple Vision Pro headsets, to bring Jon Favreau's Star Wars series ...

You’re an ‘Avatar in a VR Game,’ Scientist Claims—Meaning Reality Isn’t What It Seems

Donald Hoffman’s interface theory claims space-time may be more like a VR dashboard than reality itself—and some physics may ...
Wired

Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself

A wave of déjà vu washes over me as Elias Roman, vice president of product management at Google Labs, demos a new “avatar” feature for Flow, the company’s tool that lets users generate and remix AI ...
NJ.com

Indigenous actress accuses James Cameron of using her face to create ‘Avatar’ character

Kilcher’s legal counsel characterized the creative process as a “literal transplant” of a real teenager’s face that was laser-scanned into high-resolution digital models and distributed to visual ...
NBC News

Actor alleges James Cameron used her teenage face to create key 'Avatar' character

A new lawsuit filed against filmmaker James Cameron and The Walt Disney Co. alleges Cameron used the facial features of a then-14-year-old actor as the basis for one of the main characters in the ...
NBC New York

Actor alleges James Cameron used her teenage face to create key ‘Avatar' character

A new lawsuit filed against filmmaker James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company alleges that Cameron used the facial features of a then-14-year-old actress as the basis for one of the main characters ...
Geeky Gadgets

How Creators Are Using HeyGen to Build Lifelike AI Avatars in Just 15 Seconds

Creating a realistic talking AI avatar is now achievable in just 15 seconds with HeyGen Avatar V. According to AI Master, this platform enables users to upload a short video clip, which is analyzed to ...
The Atlantic

How Fake People Became Real Influencers

On this week’s Galaxy Brain episode, Charlie Warzel is joined by New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu to discuss the rise of AI influencers—synthetic avatars, often indistinguishable from ...
Engadget

Google introduces AI-generated avatars to YouTube Shorts

A new feature that lets you create an AI avatar with your likeness is now live on YouTube. First announced in a blog post earlier this year, avatars are designed to be used in Shorts (provided you ...
Android

YouTube Shorts Now Lets Users Create AI Avatars of Themselves

YouTube is rolling out the AI avatar feature in Shorts globally, except in Europe. The feature lets users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them by capturing a “live selfie,” which ...
9to5google

YouTube Shorts will use AI to make avatars that look and sound like you

YouTube is now letting users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them for use in Shorts. This feature was teased earlier this year. The creation process is available in the main YouTube app ...