Bryan Lyon and Matt Tora - Exploring Deepfakes: Deploy powerful AI techniques for face replacement and more with this comprehensive guide

Deploy powerful AI techniques for face replacement and more with this comprehensive guide

Bryan Lyon

Matt Tora

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Bryan Lyonis a seasoned AI expert with over a decade of experience in and around the field. His background is in computational linguistics and he has worked with the cutting-edge open source deepfake software Faceswap since 2018. Currently, Bryan serves as the chief technology officer for an AI company based in California.

Matt Torais a seasoned software developer with over 15 years of experience in the field. He specializes in machine learning, computer vision, and streamlining workflows. He leads the open source deepfake project Faceswap and consults with VFX studios and tech start-ups on integrating machine learning into their pipelines.

Saisha Chhabriais a computer engineer with diverse experience ranging from software engineering to deep learning. She is currently based in Singapore and is pursuing her masters in computing, specializing in artificial intelligence from the National University of Singapore. She strives for challenging opportunities to build upon her repertoire of computation, development, and collaboration skills, and aspires to combat problems that impact the community.