Samsung researchers create AI that transforms still images into talking portraits

Researchers with the Samsung AI Center in Moscow and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology have published a new paper detailing the creation of software that generates 3D animated heads from a single still image. Unlike previously detailed AI systems capable of generating photo-realistic portraits, the new technology produces moving, talking heads that, though not perfect, are highly realistic. 'Practical scenarios' require a system that can be trained using only a few--or even a sing...