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Deepfake app that lets you faceswap with celebrities

I heard about Zao through the news. It has caused some data and privacy concerns among users. It's now been banned by WeChat in China.
Another convincing deepfake app goes viral prompting immediate privacy backlashZao, a free deepfake face-swapping app that's able to to place your likeness into scenes from hundreds of movies and TV shows after uploading just a single photograph, has gone viral in China. Bloomberg reports that the app was released on Friday, and quickly reached the top of the free charts on the Chinese iOS App Store.
Chinese face-swap app triggers privacy fears after going viralA new Chinese app that lets users swap their faces with celebrities, sports stars or anyone else in a video clip racked up millions of downloads at the weekend but was swiftly criticised over privacy issues. The app's surge in popularity and sudden backlash from some users highlights how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies raise concerns surrounding identity verification.
Chinese Deepfake App ZAO Goes Viral, Privacy Of Millions 'At Risk'Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin China is having its own FaceApp privacy storm-you'll need to ignore the irony for a moment, as the ZAO face-swapping app has become an overnight sensation. ZAO enables users to upload images and then its AI engine swaps users with celebrities in video clips.
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Abadesi
Abadesi
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Curious to hear if anyone in the community played around with this before it got banned by WeChat, and other news broke out around privacy concerns. I wonder if in the future we'll have fake phones to let us play with next photo sharing tech without worrying about the privacy consequences.
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Chris Messina
Chris Messina
Hmm... looks like a Morphin competitor... but Chinese?
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Abadesi
Abadesi
Hunter
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@chrismessina ooh yes suppose so!
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Raccoon8182
Raccoon8182
@chrismessina not even close, Morphin uses 3d characters and the end result is animation, this seamlessly replaces faces. its like saying Taxi services have been just like Uber all along. Similar, yet entirely different.
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Jensen Chen
Jensen Chen
Privacy concern？ Oh，This is China. When you upload a photo. It is default to share it with your friend. You friend can use it to make videos and stickers.
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Armand
Armand
Hear me out, what if we didn't do this.
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