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Fox Nation brings Harry Houdini back to life in AI series

The three-part series follows the illusionist from childhood through some of his most famous stunts; he spent his career escaping things, and this is a new one.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox Nation is using artificial intelligence to bring Harry Houdini back from the dead, according to the Washington Examiner.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe series is called Houdini: Back from the Dead, and the report says it is the platform's first full-length production made entirely with AI-generated imagery.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEntirely generated. The man spent his life escaping locked boxes, and now somebody has put him in a computer and lost the key.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt runs three parts and follows his life from childhood through some of his most famous stunts, the report says.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree parts. That's how it starts, Hank. First the illusionists, then the rest of the dead get an agent.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe rest of the dead.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThink about it. My relatives from the eighteen hundreds could have their own show now, and they'd all have terrible takes on modern life.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHoudini made a career of getting out of things. This is the first one he can't.

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