Rat Boy Summer has turned into Fake Celeb Fall. Celebrity look-alike contests are popping up in NYC and around the world in the wake of the viral Timothée Chalamet-themed event held in Manhattan last month — which accidentally became an international sensation. Nearly 10,000 lanky, mop-topped boys and their devotees crowded Washington Square Park on Oct … Read more
Experts are speechless. Researchers at Microsoft have developed an artificially intelligent text-to-speech program at a human level of believability. It is so realistic that creators are keeping the high-tech interface “purely a research project” and will not yet allow it to be used by the public. Microsoft has unveiled a new text to speech tool … Read more
A social media influencer who made an artificial intelligence clone of herself and made $70,000 a week selling access to ‘virtual boyfriends’ quickly saw her digital alter ego go rogue. The bizarre story of Caryn Marjorie has once again exposed the dangers of the rapid rollout of advanced AI technology, with the potential for serious abuse … Read more
A woman lost her voice — but artificial intelligence helped her get it back. Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had a golf ball-sized vascular tumor lodged near the back of her brain, pressing on her brain stem and entangled in blood vessels and cranial nerves. Doctors removed the life-threatening tumor during a 10-hour surgery in August 2023; … Read more
It was a nightmare-bnb experience. A UK family had to cancel their dream Spanish vacation just hours before departure after losing more than $5,000 in an elaborate Airbnb “clone” scam. “I felt devastated for my children and my husband,” Emma Last, 48, told PA Real Life of the holiday hornswoggling. “One [of her children] didn’t … Read more
We’re seeing double. Blink-182’s Travis Barker went viral Sunday after the drummer posted an Instagram photo with his wax figure from Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas. The picture, which has accumulated 566,000 likes since being shared, shows Barker, 47, standing next to the nearly identical wax model. “Come say hi to my clone,” Barker captioned … Read more
The clone is artificial, but the connection is real. OnlyFans model Katiana Kay is giving her devout followers the “intimate” experience of their dreams — with AI. The adult content creator, 20, recently developed a digital clone of herself, dubbed “Katiana AI,” with the help of her real-life boyfriend, Will Goodall, 24. “I’ve always felt … Read more