The Mona Lisa rapping? New Microsoft AI animates faces from photos


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KIFI— CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The Mona Lisa can now do more than smile, thanks to new artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft. Last week, Microsoft researchers detailed a new AI model they’ve developed that can take a still image of a face and an audio clip of someone speaking and automatically

The Source—New Microsoft AI Animates Faces From Photos, Including a Rapping Mona Lisa. Artificial Intelligence is getting smarter, funnier, and in some ways creepier. Arguably a photo of the most famous painting, the Mona Lisa is capable of doing more than just smirking, with the help of Microsoft’s brand new artificial intelligence technology. Researchers at Microsoft detailed VASA-1, a new AI model they developed that takes still images […] The post New Microsoft AI Animates Faces From Photos, Including a Rapping Mona Lisa first appeared on The Source.

CNET—Watch the Mona Lisa Rap, Courtesy of Microsoft's AI: It's as Creepy as You Think. Is Microsoft the real Slim Shady, after all? We're not ready for this.

Time—AI-Generated Video of the Mona Lisa Rapping Sparks Strong Reactions From Viewers. A new Microsoft artificial intelligence-generated video showed the Mona Lisa painting with a moving face and rapping audio.