'Speaking Portrait' Turns Photos into Eerily Realistic Talking Heads

D-ID, the company whose tech powers the MyHeritage app, has demonstrated a new use for its technology. Called "Speaking Portrait," it allows any photo to be animated with uncanny realism and is capable of saying whatever the user wants. MyHeritage first made headlines in 2020 with its "Photo Enhancer" tool that used artificial intelligence to restore old family photos. Earlier this year, MyHeritage took its work a step further and developed Deep Nostaliga, which is capable of animating people from photographs. Noted in PetaPixel's original coverage, the AI at the core of the app was licensed from D-ID which specializes in video reenactment using deep learning.