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50. Tali Dekel
Researches layered video editing and contributes as part of teams building controllable generative-video systems.
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51. Hao Li
Advances digital humans, performance capture and AI media synthesis.
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52. Hany Farid
Studies digital forensics and detection methods for manipulated images, deepfakes and voice clones.
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53. Kory Mathewson
Served as ANCESTRA’s technical director and studies human-AI creative collaboration.
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54. Anastasis Germanidis
Leads research and company strategy around generative video and world models.
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55. Douglas Eck
Created Magenta and leads research spanning music, images, video and 3D.