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Re:Instagram's 'virtual' celebrities by DisruptiveDave on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @11:55AM (#16755926)
Sopranos did it like 15 years ago with Tony's mother, and I'm sure they weren't the first.
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Re:Instagram's 'virtual' celebrities by iooi on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:19PM (#16757432)
Well, not exactly. They reused old tapes of her and superimposed it on a scene [1]. It's an important distinction since they didn't actually create anything new, like what deepfakes do.

[1] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-02-28-sopranos...

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