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The World in Images
Season 5 · Episode 30
AI brings Robin Williams back to life
0.011mMarch 12, 2026
In a new video, the actor, who died in 2014, is resurrected with a strikingly realistic voice and facial expressions. What seems like a glimpse into the future is also a play on an age-old human dream: overcoming death. But where are the ethical boundaries of digital immortality?
Episodes
- Episode 1Palantir: the marketing of cyberwar
- Episode 2Chongqing: The World's Biggest City
- Episode 3Racism in AI: Beware of the gorillas!
- Episode 4Trump’s 'Fecal' Video: When PR Hits a New Low
- Episode 5The Fake Real Mine Tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Episode 6The legendary wave of Nazaré
- Episode 7Russia: Factory of Fake News
- Episode 8When forgotten peoples disrupt the COPs