How AI helps Hollywood de-age actors

It takes a lot of training data.

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In 2025, Tom Hanks is 67 years old. Yet, in his latest film Here (directed by Robert Zemeckis), he's convincingly transformed to appear as young as 18, and aged even beyond his current years. And the effect actually looks …. good! Here's how they do it.

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