DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane MONA LISA: THE TALENTED RAPPER? Source: Microsoft Microsoft has launched the VASA-1-AI bot that can make images talk and sing. Here's what we know: Microsoft's VASA-1 transforms still images into animated clips of talking or singing Movements of the images lips are masterfully synchronized Not yet released to the public, Microsoft claims VASA-1 could be misused to impersonate humans VASA-1 AI is trained with a library of facial expressions, which allow it to animate the still images It then matches audio to the image making the face come to life Microsoft had the Mona Lisa singing a rap song as an example ...