Metaphysic's Tom Cruise deep fake.
Metaphysic's Tom Cruise deep fake.
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Metaphysic CEO files for copyright of his own AI likeness

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Metaphysic CEO Tom Graham runs a company that creates authorized “deep fakes” of people using AI. And today he said he is making history today as the first person to submit for copyright registration his AI likeness with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.