MyHeritage’s new AI tool turns photos of the dead into unnerving videos (story by @thomas_macaulay) https://t.co/tP5g3TA6tj

— TNW (@thenextweb) February 26, 2021

This is some freaky Harry Potter-like magical shit they’ve come up with here https://t.co/cuZ6dBQDL3 pic.twitter.com/aWgEFpvaPN

— Jon Henshaw (@henshaw) February 27, 2021

Remarkable. All from one static photograph. #DeepNostalgia https://t.co/g0snAZuIMf

— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) February 27, 2021

Animating these historical photos is both cool & a little creepy...
You can watch Juliet Stevenson’s wonderful portrayal of Franklin and the story of her key Photo 51 in the film “Life Story/ Race for the Double Helix” linked here:https://t.co/gDUKTRX0WF https://t.co/UY5FiutKAm

— Dr. Alisa Bokulich, CPHS @ BU (@BUCPHS) February 26, 2021

This 'deep nostalgia' technology is mind-blowing. My grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Keefe, has been dead for 66 years and this 'film' is from a 2D still photo. It takes about 30 seconds and the first five are free:https://t.co/eY3PSRqSQp pic.twitter.com/KUlhMgsaLQ

— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) February 27, 2021

For those interested in where you do this yourself - https://t.co/K4dtGbL3DU

— Daniel Holland ? (@DannyDutch) February 27, 2021

Introducing Deep Nostalgia™! This groundbreaking feature animates the faces in still photos! TRY IT NOW --->>> https://t.co/0O2wrfcLoV
See your family photos come to life! Just announced at #RootsTech!#RootsTechConnect #RootsTech2021 pic.twitter.com/QQ4ipRCK0C

— MyHeritage (@MyHeritage) February 25, 2021

This is weird... Cool... weird... and kinda creepy. #DeepNostalgia https://t.co/pNs6YYPqUf

— Kris Williams (@KrisWilliams) February 27, 2021

just for fun (?) i uploaded a GAN-generated face. the resulting animation scares me (and makes me think of various scary possibilities). https://t.co/GGkFb8KRlv

— Rachel Metz (@rachelmetz) February 26, 2021

Rosalind Franklin, reanimated by running through Deep Nostalgia. She wants her DNA x-ray image back, Jim Watson. #WomenInSTEM https://t.co/woiL6zhgcK pic.twitter.com/k2IqETLyV8

— Tim Stearns (@StearnsLab) February 26, 2021

You can transform old pictures of your love ones to be live photos like in Harry Potter paintings, how incredible is that! https://t.co/L76gupbp7I

— Deedy (@debarghya_das) February 27, 2021

Deep Nostalgia is how it begins https://t.co/NvBwBvdRj9 nothing fundamentally in way to make this very high fidelity, including interactivity and ability to talk to them

— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) February 26, 2021

A company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI-powered photo enhancements is now offering a new service that can animate people in old photos creating a short video that looks like it was recorded while they posed and prepped for the portrait. https://t.co/IllRUJMxR5

— cℓaudia stєℓℓ✰r ‏ ✂️ (@ClaudiaStellar) February 26, 2021

Gregor Mendel, reanimated by running him through the Deep Nostalgia algorithm. Would definitely have a beer in the abbey with him. https://t.co/woiL6zhgcK pic.twitter.com/gE7UQwHGQc

— Tim Stearns (@StearnsLab) February 26, 2021

Would you like to see your great grandparents come to life? https://t.co/dXtkLqH1SF #MachineLearning #DeepLearning pic.twitter.com/ec5RGc6QWI

— Paul Lopez (@lopezunwired) February 26, 2021

Interesting this has been picked up by BBC. I'm glad some have loved it but for me it's a bit too far. Debate to be had here.https://t.co/UWZ8lNhUH4

— Elizabeth Walne (@ElizabethWalne) February 27, 2021

#Anthropology. What do you think? Creepy or Magical? MyHeritage offers 'creepy' deepfake tool to reanimate dead - BBC News https://t.co/7KEYk8YnF4

— Kathleen O'Neal Gear (@GearBooks) February 26, 2021

#Deepfake #familyhistory What do people think? I'm undecided. Impressive tech but feels bit 'Stepford Wives', like AI is possessing your ancestor!?@KathBurrows2 @Gezziebell @LizzybArchivist @theonlysallyg @melindahaunton @CharisScottHolm @rachel_mills90 https://t.co/UdIQde3KjC

— Sam Bartle ?? (@bartle_sam) February 26, 2021

"The results can be controversial, and it's hard to stay indifferent to this technology."
I have tried this tool myself with #photos of some of my beloved #ancestors, and, indeed, you cannot stay indifferent about it... #deepfake #controversial #genealogy https://t.co/xvNRnYigdj

— Maarten Larmuseau (@MHDLarmuseau) February 26, 2021

Try it out! https://t.co/PsRFnTGnim

— TAXI (@designtaxi) February 27, 2021

MyHeritage AI tool brings dead relatives' photos to life https://t.co/MYzBHXBvAp pic.twitter.com/g4bxFGYR3H

— Evan Kirstel (@EvanKirstel) February 27, 2021

"From chatbots to virtual reality, the tool is the latest innovation seeking to bring the dead to life through technology"https://t.co/O5btOgV4ac

— Babylon Singularity (@babylonsingular) February 27, 2021

A company called MyHeritage is now offering a new service, Called Deep Nostalgia, that can animate people in old photos creating a short video that looks like it was recorded while they posed and prepped for the portrait [read more: https://t.co/TvjAQdSf9A] pic.twitter.com/5Mn3YLgi6W

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 27, 2021

Some more exampleshttps://t.co/OiMQv0vLRB

— Corduroy Cheddar (@SjekkieBunzing) February 27, 2021

'Deep nostalgia' can turn old photos of your relatives into moving videos https://t.co/F6iV5PYvC6 pic.twitter.com/wQzXOWNYCZ

— Domenico (@AvatarDomy) February 27, 2021

This is is freaky... A service that can animate people in old photos.https://t.co/WWyEcaxrON pic.twitter.com/nRjjWf1oiF

— Ronan?♠️⚡? (@ronanhand) February 27, 2021

I predict this will replace drone shots as the next trend documentaries gratuitously over use https://t.co/30ypAxLLjJ

— Josh Tsui (@JoshYTsui) February 27, 2021

it’s happeninghttps://t.co/f8uhvvnmNY

— ??? (@aaronzlewis) February 27, 2021

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos https://t.co/J6hlSkLGuN #familyhistory

— Jason H. Moore, PhD (@moorejh) February 27, 2021

Have fun with your Quellenkritik in the future https://t.co/aE3yV7NTf7

— Michael (@MschFr) February 27, 2021

It's a web toolhttps://t.co/Dio8RBxdqk

— Watch Dominion on YT (@tmv33) February 27, 2021

https://t.co/MDFSu3J0H1 has created some sort of animate your old photos application and I'm of course using it to feed my history addiction.
I apologise in advance to all the ancestors I'm about to offend.

Very fake history.

I'm sorry Queenie. pic.twitter.com/2np437yXyt

— Fake History Hunter (@fakehistoryhunt) February 28, 2021

“... a ‘deep nostalgia’ feature that can turn even a single photo of a relative into a video where they can smile, nod and wink back at them.”

What could possibly go wrong. https://t.co/MDTtfJFSDJ

— Janosch Delcker (@JanoschDelcker) February 25, 2021

Aaaaand this is why tech companies desperately need ethicists on their staff. https://t.co/njlcwydUH2

— Roberto Rocha (@robroc) February 25, 2021

This will blow your mind and then make you feel very unsettled. We’re heading into Blade Runner territory and I don’t know how I feel about it https://t.co/xsMIPzfEaU

— Alan Swan (@alanswan) February 26, 2021

Animate your dead relatives through the power of AI. Not creepy at all! https://t.co/eI1tqsz3l0

— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) February 25, 2021

here's a use case that's a lot....but not too over the top. https://t.co/y4vxkmyKxr

— drew olanoff (@yoda) February 26, 2021

'Deep nostalgia' can turn old photos of your relatives into moving videos! ?https://t.co/YLwvYNhoE4 via @Gizmodo @AvatarDomy #AI #DeepLearning #DataScience @chboursin @NevilleGaunt @DrJDrooghaag @baski_LA @JoannMoretti @fogle_shane @kalydeoo @MargaretSiegien @Hana_ElSayyed pic.twitter.com/n1we06piQy

— Franco Ronconi ?? (@FrRonconi) February 28, 2021

@MyHeritage and computer vision firm D-ID’s partnership lets users bring relatives back to life - smiling, nodding and winking. My latest @FT with words from synthetic media expert @HenryAjder https://t.co/CGuSokuWMr

— Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan (@SVR13) February 25, 2021

There is now an AI for turning photos of dead people to videos. Basically, Zoom, but for afterlife! Also introduces an interesting notion of consent of the deceased for synthetic media. The times we live in, or rather, the times we are dying in! https://t.co/dQAWK1OTMR

— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) February 28, 2021

i cannot see how this could be used to harass and torment others at all! https://t.co/woqObPRXoD

— Steven Rich (@dataeditor) February 25, 2021

Very cool use of machine learning to animate historical faces from photographs, this whole thread has great examples, from Henry VIII to Neanderthals. The tool is here if you want to try it for free: https://t.co/xTb2zXzU1f https://t.co/5apmLMGh4M

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) February 28, 2021

Also, before you try, read this story from Techcrunch

"They’re going straight for tugging on your heart strings to grab data that can be used to drive sign-ups for their other (paid) services. (Selling DNA tests is their main business.)"https://t.co/7LGWH3NO8k

— Ramnath (@rmnth) February 28, 2021

There is now an AI for turning photos of dead people to videos. Basically, Zoom, but for afterlife! Also introduces an interesting notion of consent of the deceased for synthetic media. The times we live in, or rather, the times we are dying in! https://t.co/dQAWK1OTMR

— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) February 28, 2021

This is totally not creepy at all https://t.co/2hd5w1GFVn via @financialtimes

— Mark O. Riedl (@mark_riedl) February 25, 2021

MyHeritage’s New Feature, ‘Deep Nostalgia’, is Recreating and Bringing Back Old Images to Life Using Artificial Intelligencehttps://t.co/oPM8AymtOr#MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #DeepLearning pic.twitter.com/9jK0mJVyye

— Asif Razzaq (@asifrazzaq1988) February 28, 2021

‘Deep Nostalgia’ brings old photos, including very old ones, to life https://t.co/GhUKjPAeqt pic.twitter.com/NzL0K5Oc91

— The Verge (@verge) February 28, 2021