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Researchers at the University of Washington have produced a photorealistic former US President Barack Obama. Artificial intelligence was used to precisely model how Mr Obama moves his mouth when he speaks. Their technique allows them to put any words into their synthetic Barack Obama’s mouth. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog World In Pictures • World in pictures | BBC News Big Hitters • Playlist Just Good News • Positive stories | BBC News

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Fake Obama created using AI video tool - BBC News

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University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

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They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

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And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

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a synthetic Obama.

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University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

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Fake Obama created using AI video tool - BBC News

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University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

And even one of the interesting directions is once you know

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

how to create something you know how to reverse engineer it

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University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

University of Washington researchers created this synthetic Obama.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

They used a neural network Al to model the shape of Obama's mouth.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

And mapped their model to footage and audio of the President.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

a synthetic Obama.

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