TikTok’s Tom Cruise Lookalike Starts Deepfake Company

No, you didn’t actually watch Tom Cruise practicing his swing or playing guitar!

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Actor Miles Fisher has gained over 3 million followers on TikTok for his Tom Cruise impersonations.

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He partnered up with visual effects specialist Chris Umé to use deepfake technology to look like the actor.

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The duo are able to create the videos in only five to six days.

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Now, the two are joining up to create a deepfake company called Metaphysic.

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Although Congress has previously debated the technology, they believe it to be “morally neutral.”

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“As it develops, the positive output will so far outweigh the negative, nefarious uses,” Fisher said.

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They want to use the technology in order to create identity rights.

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So far, Tom Cruise has not asked them to stop the parody videos, which are currently unmonetized.

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