For an excited public, many of whom consider diffusion-based image synthesis to be indistinguishable from magic, the open source release of Stable Diffusion seems certain to be quickly followed up by new and dazzling text-to-video frameworks – but the wait-time might be longer than they’re expecting.
A new paper from Israel proposes the institution and ongoing development of a ‘deepfake CAPTCHA’ protocol, to challenge audio or video callers that may be using deepfake technologies to attempt to deceive or defraud.
In the original, and the various cinematic incarnations of Jack Finney’s 1954 science-fiction novel The Body Snatchers, the fact that aliens are ‘taking over’ the earthly population is signaled to their loved ones by some imperceptible changed quality that cuts through the perfect simulation of their form.
There is an interesting vulnerability in video deepfakes that, to date, has been generally overlooked by the security research community, perhaps because ‘live’, real-time deepfakes in video calls have not been a major cause for concern until very recently.
Towards the end of our new feature on the future of autoencoder-based deepfakes, we preview a new capability in FaceSwap, set for release this Saturday…
The way we refer to visual effects (VFX) work may be changing soon. For instance, at the time of writing, the relatively new technology of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) makes it possible to recreate entire scenes – including humans, homes, exterior environments, and almost anything else you can imagine – inside an AI’s neural network, from a handful of static photos.
This is another point on a road that is leading to VR experiences being as realistic as the real world. To be truly immersive, VR needs to be a seamless extension of “normal life”.
Metaphysic are pleased to announce the release of the next episode of the BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds documentary called “The Future Will Be Synthesised”, presented by our own Head of Policy and Partnerships Henry Ajder.
At Metaphysic we are very proud that our own Head of Policy and Partnerships, Henry Ajder, is presenting a BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds documentary called “The Future Will Be Synthesised”
Check it out on broadcast this week Mon-Fri @ 1.45pm on BBC R4.
At Metaphysic, our mission is to bring hyperreal synthetic media to the metaverse. Throughout history, artists have leveraged technology to push the boundaries of self-expression.
