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‘Sing Me a Song’ review: Romance meets technology in Bhutan
The visually poetic, observational nonfiction film “Sing Me a Song” follows a young Bhutanese monk named Peyangki as he personally experiences digital disruption. Constructed more like a coming-of-age drama than a documentary, it spins a fascinating tale of romantic melancholy played out against the peaceful, meditative backdrop of the Himalayas. A follow-up to director Thomas …
When their high school choir concert got canceled, technology helped them sing anyway
Even though an annual choral festival in San Bernardino County, California was canceled this year because of coronavirus concerns, a group of high school choir singers wanted their community to hear their voice anyway. On May 13, all 35 schools in the district shut their doors, Imee Perius, director of communications for Chino Valley Unified …
New deepfake technology makes Rasputin sing Beyonce’s ‘Halo’
Did they get approval from the Beyhive? New research from London’s Imperial College and Samsung’s AI research center in the U.K. shows how a single photo and audio file can be used to produce a singing or talking deepfake video portrait. The scientists, who generated their output with machine learning, were able to produce some …
