AI resurrections of dead celebrities amuse and rankle

Hyper-realistic AI videos of dead personalities are prompting debate over the control of deceased people’s images

In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding.

Hyper-realistic AI videos of dead celebrities − created with apps such as OpenAI’s easy-to-use Sora − have rapidly spread online, prompting debate over the control of deceased people’s likenesses.

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