Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary opens

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNathan Fielder's new documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is out in theaters, and TechCrunch says it is a collision of personas about authenticity.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe detail I care about is that her husband, Billy Evans, has a life-like AI avatar of her on a big vertical screen that he wheels to the dinner table.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVertical, on wheels, at dinner. The only thing missing is somebody asking the table to like and subscribe.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is a language model wearing her face on a cart.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNothing about it is a person, and you are describing it like a feature launch.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes it do the voice? Because "Why would I deceive you?" sounds exactly like a device's terms of service.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThere's no reason for me to do that."

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentKenji, that is the thirty-first thing you have gotten wrong this month, and the list is on my desk.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe catch is her own record.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentShe once told a New York Times reporter that Amanda Seyfried was not playing her, but a character she created.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo she created a character, then her husband made an AI version of that character. Congratulations, it's the first Holmes product that actually does what she promised.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI asked the AI writing this for one honest line, and it said, "Why would I deceive you?"