Tom Cruise Deepfakes Might Hint At Something New From South Park Creators

A trio of viral deepfake videos of actor Tom Cruise just hanging out, being Tom Cruise, but saying some strange things like repeating jokes told to him by former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev were recently revealed to be the handiwork of Belgian video visual effects specialist Chris Ume. After leaving the internet to puzzle over these mysterious clips for about a week, Ume took credit on LinkedIn for the videos without much elaboration.

For those who are unfamiliar, deepfakes are an emerging form of media in which an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likenesses. The technique leverages techniques from machine learning and artificial intelligence to manipulate or generate visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive–or, as you most often run into it on the internet, hopefully just entertain. Fortune reached out to Ume for comment on the videos, who said only, “We’re looking for the correct way to communicate about this.” Ume’s work was also cross-posted onto Twitter, which means you can check out the videos below. Again, remember this is not actually Cruise in these clips.Venir de Tragamonedas Gratis Online

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