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Netflix invents new green-screen filming method using magenta light

7 July 2023

A faster and more accurate method for putting footage of actors in different backgrounds allows directors to see how their shots will appear as they film them
A protester in Hong Kong had their face swapped with that of an actor via an artificial intelligence for the BBC documentary Hong Kong's Fight for Freedom

BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities

24 November 2022

Filmmakers used an AI to swap the faces of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong for those of actors to protect the protestors' identities while maintaining their facial movements and emotional expressions
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How binge-watching your favourite TV show is fuelling climate change

12 November 2019

Streaming video services like Netflix, Apple TV+ and Disney+ are on the rise - but so are their carbon emissions

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