An intertextual link between Frances Burney's Cecilia and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice established by semantically similar trigrams Intertextuality, the allusive relationship between literary texts, is a fundamental concept in literary studies. It is the idea that texts are not isolated entities, but are interconnected through a network of references, allusions, and influences. Intertextuality is a key aspect of both literary creativity and interpretation, and it has been a popular research topic since it was put forward by the French semiotician Julia Kristeva in the 1960s ( Kristeva, 2024, 1968). Traditionally, the analysis of intertextuality has been a qualitative and interpretative endeavour, relying on close reading and critical judgement, and focusing only on a small number of texts.

Rosebud.Ai, a company that wants to "disrupt media creation," has created a service called TokkingHeads that will take any still image and turn it into a moving, talking avatar using artificial intelligence. Tokkingheads advertises its service as being able to instantly animate a portrait photo with text, speech, or existing puppet animation from its library. The results are mixed, with some that could pass as close to the genuine article while others struggle with head shape and proportion. The service isn't limited to photos of actual people and can animate still images of drawings or renders. The service is free, but a subscription account allows you to generate high-resolution videos (which can also be accessed for free they are watermarked). Tokkingheads, and Rosebud.AI, may appear to be less sophisticated than other AI-generated people such as Hour One, but it is also starting with a lot less when it comes to input data.