BBC and Agatha Christie estate respond to ‘deepfake’ controversy

A new writing course uses artificial intelligence to recreate Agatha Christie’s likeness.

On Wednesday, BBC Maestro — a similar service to Masterclass — launched a new writing course taught by the best-selling novelist of all time. There’s a catch: the author, genre-defining mystery writer Agatha Christie, died 50 years ago, and was thus unavailable to participate.

Instead, BBC Maestro used …

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