The Ukrainian Institute and the Ukrainian company “Reface” released a video in which the playwright William Shakespeare and the writer Lesya Ukrainka play in association — the writers were "brought to life" with the help of artificial intelligence.
The “Reface” team applied their own AI deep learning model and facial animation technology to faithfully reproduce the appearance of Lesya Ukrainka and William Shakespeare in a video call.
The Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka lived three centuries later than Shakespeare, but she always admired him and translated his works into Ukrainian. The imaginary dialogue represents a conversation between different eras and two different countries, and the video draws a parallel between todayʼs Ukraine and Great Britain.
- The voice of the French singer Edith Piaf will be reproduced with the help of artificial intelligence to voice a biographical film about her. The film will use animation to present a modern look at the life of Edith Piaf, as well as footage from performances, videos, interviews and original performances of the French singer. At the same time, the company does not say whether artificial intelligence will be used to create new music.