TV 2 FREELANCER WINS EMMY FOR DEEPFAKE PROJECT WITH NIXON

Odense, 5. oktober 2021

Danish Magnus Bjerg, who is a freelancer for TV 2 in the USA, is the new owner of an Emmy for the deepfake project ’In Event og Moon Disaster’ i kategorien ’Outstanding Interactive Media’.

The Deepfake project is about the lunar landing in 1969 and what would have happened if the mission went wrong. Via deepfake technology, President Nixon is given a speech that was prepared for safety's sake - but which was never used. The project is created by Magnus Bjerg, Pakinam Amer, Jeff DelViscio, Halsey Burgund and Francesca Panetta. The latter we had the pleasure of having as a presenter for ours Show & Tell-arrangement on digital technologies and AI in September.

Huge congratulations to Magnus, Francesca and the rest of the team!

The journalist spoke to Magnus right after the award ceremony. Read the interview here.