When Venessa Johnson first laid eyes on her new puppy Ollie, the adorable, 8-week-old Shih Tzu seemed more than a little familiar. Everything about him — his little nose, his mannerisms — brought back bittersweet memories of her late, beloved companion Oliver, who passed away in December of last year. “It was strange because it was Oliver’s … Read more
Oscar-winning actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey have made deals with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs that will allow its artificial intelligence technology to replicate their voices. Caine said in a statement that ElevenLabs is “using innovation not to replace humanity, but to celebrate it.” “It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for … Read more
Tom Brady shared that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his late dog, Lua, a pitbull mix, who died in 2023. The retired quarterback said in a statement obtained by People that Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company which Brady is an investor in, cloned Lua — the dog he shared with his ex-wife Gisele … Read more
Can Ozzy Osbourne be resurrected? If you’d like to give it a try, purchase a can of this while supplies last. The legendary “Prince of Darkness” who died on Tuesday at 76 partnered last month with Liquid Death – the canned water brand known for its heavy metal aesthetic – to sell special-edition cans of … Read more
They’re multiplying. Twenty-four years after Dolly the sheep — the first mammal to ever be successfully cloned from an adult cell — was born in Scotland, business is booming for pet cloning in the United States. “Cloning is growing as fast as we can effectively manage the growth,’’ said Blake Russell, the president of ViaGen. … Read more
If Clarence could hear this now. Late Hollywood star Jimmy Stewart can now send you off to sleep by reading a bedtime story thanks to artificial intelligence and usage of the Calm app. The voice of Stewart, who gained notoriety for films such as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and ” Rear Window,” appears on the … 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
In early 2018, Dr. He Jiankui, a then-34-year-old Chinese biophysicist, traveled to an Arizona science conference to meet with one of his heroes, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson, a man who first proposed the double helix structure of DNA molecules back in 1953. Dr. He was in the midst of a big experiment of … Read more