How a deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok turned into a very real AI company

Aug 8, 2021 | algo, networking, video

This looks like Tom Cruise doing a coin trick, but it's actually a deepfake created by Chris Umé.

Earlier this year, videos of Tom Cruise started popping up on TikTok of the actor doing some surprisingly un-Tom-Cruise-like stuff: goofing around in an upscale men’s clothing store; showing off a coin trick; growling playfully during a short rendition of Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash Into Me.”

Source: A look at Metaphysic, a company which uses deepfake tech to create ads and restore old film; its founder went viral on TikTok for deepfaking Tom Cruise (Rachel Metz/CNN)