Can AI replace the camera? with Joshua Xu from HeyGen

 AI video generation models still have a long way to go when it comes to making compelling and complex videos but the HeyGen team are well on their way to streamlining the video creation process by using a combination of language, video, and voice models to create videos featuring personalized avatars, b-roll, and dialogue. This week on No Priors, Joshua Xu the co-founder and CEO of HeyGen,  joins Sarah and Elad to discuss how the HeyGen team broke down the elements of a video and built or found models to use for each one, the commercial applications for these AI videos, and how they’re safeguarding against deep fakes. 

Links from episode:

• HeyGen
• McDonald’s commercial

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Introduction

(3:08) Applications of AI content creation

(5:49) Best use cases for Hey Gen

(7:34) Building for quality in AI video generation

(11:17) The models powering HeyGen

(14:49) Research approach

(16:39) Safeguarding against deep fakes

(18:31) How AI video generation will change video creation

(24:02) Challenges in building the model

(26:29) HeyGen team and company