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Russian families use AI to 'resurrect' loved ones killed in Ukraine
Key takeaways
- "The Special Military Operation is over," one fictional billboard reads, using the Kremlin-approved term for its war on Ukraine.
- Underneath, a beautiful, airbrushed woman pushing a stroller turns to see a man in military uniform and throws her arms around his neck in tears.
- The 15-second AI-generated clip was posted on Instagram by a popular blogger with the online name Katya Jin, and the couple appear to be modelled on her and her husband.
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Liza Fokhtand Tatiana Kovtun,BBC News Russian BBC"The Special Military Operation has ended" and "Our heroes are coming home," read the billboards on the left Rousing orchestral music plays over a video of a snowy Moscow street dotted with billboards celebrating an end to the war in Ukraine.
"The Special Military Operation is over," one fictional billboard reads, using the Kremlin-approved term for its war on Ukraine. "Our heroes are coming home."
Underneath, a beautiful, airbrushed woman pushing a stroller turns to see a man in military uniform and throws her arms around his neck in tears.
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