Wed. 10/05 - Bruce Willis Deepfake Deal is Fake, But Others Could Be Coming
It’s Nobel Prize week. With three prizes announced and three yet to come, here are the winners in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine. Plus, Bruce Willis did not sell the rights to his digital twin to a deepfake firm, but could someone...
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It’s Nobel Prize week. With three prizes announced and three yet to come, here are the winners in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine. Plus, Bruce Willis did not sell the rights to his digital twin to a deepfake firm, but could someone choose to do so eventually? More on the murky world of deepfakes and Hollywood.
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Links:
- Nobel Prize awarded to three scientists for work in click chemistry, which links molecules quickly (Washington Post)
- ‘Spooky’ quantum-entanglement experiments win physics Nobel (Nature)
- Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes (Scientific American)
- Actor Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm (Collider)
- Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face (BBC)
- Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he’s OK with that [Updated] (Ars Technica)
- Bruce Willis did not sign rights for deepfakes to replace him in future films and advertisements (Mashable)
- Fat Bear Week 2022: It's time to vote (CNN)
- 2022 Fat Bear Week - Katmai (National Park Service)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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