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Ask HN: FaceTime using generative models on low-quality calls?

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Ask HN: FaceTime using generative models on low-quality calls?

#1
Hi, I was in a call two minutes ago with two friends and my Wi-Fi connection was acting, so the call quality dropped a lot and lost connectivity for a few seconds—after it reconnected, I instantly realized that the low-framerate video feeds of my friends were using some sort of generative model, it was as if they were “DeepFake”ing themselves!

I didn’t find anything on the internet regarding this nor I think Apple advertises this “feature”. The closest thing I’ve found is FaceTime Attention Correction, but this was quite obviously a neural network generating the video frames. Does anybody know what this is?

Re: Ask HN: FaceTime using generative models on low-quality calls?

#3
Don't know about FaceTime. But at least Samsung is known to take photos containing AI generated things, without any explicit permission/settings: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moo...

Ultimately I wouldn't be surprised if Apple jumped on this bandwagon too...