Deepfake yourself

Happy Sunday! Today, we’re looking at how AI is moving directly into your workspace and even creating digital versions of “you.” 👀

This link leads to one of the most interesting things I’ve seen in AI recently.

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What’s up? YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI feature that lets creators make a realistic digital version of themselves to appear in videos.

How does it work? To create the avatar, users record a “live selfie” that captures their face and voice while following prompts on screen. Once that is done, creators can use the avatar in their own Shorts or generate short AI video clips from text prompts. YouTube says these avatars can only be used in the creator’s original content, and creators can delete them whenever they want. Avatar videos will also be labeled as AI-generated with visible watermarks and digital markers. The feature is rolling out gradually, and only adults with existing YouTube channels can use it.

Why does this matter? This makes AI video creation much easier for everyday creators. At the same time, it raises serious questions about deepfakes, trust, and how platforms can stop abuse while still pushing AI tools forward.

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What’s new? Anthropic has launched Claude for Word in beta, letting Team and Enterprise users bring Claude directly into Microsoft Word to read, edit, and work through documents without leaving the app.

How does it work? Claude for Word is built for people who spend a lot of time in documents, especially in legal, finance, and other professional writing work. It can answer questions about a document with clickable citations, edit selected text while keeping the original formatting, and make changes in tracked changes mode so everything is easy to review. It can also respond to comment threads, fill in templates using the document’s existing style, and find sections related to a topic using meaning rather than simple keyword matching. It works on Word for the web, Windows, and Mac.

Why should you care? This could save professionals a lot of time when reviewing, drafting, and revising documents. At the same time, Anthropic warns that people still need human oversight, especially for sensitive, high-stakes, or externally sourced files.

Hi — I’m Hunter, a PhD candidate whose work has appeared in major academic journals and popular tech outlets. I founded FryAI to make staying ahead of AI clear, accessible, and fun.