Thanks Deep Live Cam, shapeshifters are among us now

Recently, a software called Deep Live Cam has been generating a lot of both excitement and concerns on social media.

Why? It can take a single photo of someone’s face and swap it onto a live webcam feed in real time. This means the person in the video can make expressions, move around, and the face swap will follow along. While the results aren’t perfect, the technology is impressive—and it’s getting better fast.

Deep Live Cam isn’t just some random tool. It’s been in the works since last year, but only recently gained massive attention after videos of people impersonating figures like Elon Musk started going viral. The buzz was so big that it briefly hit No. 1 on GitHub’s trending list. And yes, it’s free to download if you want to try it out.

How well does it work? See it with your own eyes from Del Walker‘s post on X below.

Deep-Live-Cam is trending #1 on github. It enables anyone to convert a single image into a LIVE stream deepfake, instant and immediately. pic.twitter.com/yWuHgRaGDp

— Del Walker