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MyHeritage Releases LiveStory, A Groundbreaking Feature That Automatically Creates Video Biographies, Using D-ID Pioneered AI Technology

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Technology, Seniors, Photography, Professional Services, Audio, Video, Family, Internet, Consumer, Other Professional Services, MyHeritage, Social media, Tears, Family, Deep learning, Life, Human, Policy, Twitter, Entrepreneurship, DNA, Mouth, TEL, Friends, Time, CEO, Male, Portrait, History, Creative, Female, AI, Technology, Partnership, WhatsApp, Animation, Face, Entertainment, Mobile phone, Metaverse, Facebook, MyHeritage, D-ID, MYHERITAGE, D-ID

The technology for the speaking portrait was licensed by MyHeritage from D-ID, a company specializing in video reenactment using deep learning.

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  • The technology for the speaking portrait was licensed by MyHeritage from D-ID, a company specializing in video reenactment using deep learning.
  • The narrative is created automatically from the users family tree on MyHeritage, or entered manually, and is converted to high-quality audio using text-to-speech technology.
  • Cutting-edge reenactment technology then animates the persons face and mouth to speak the audio by generating a realistic lip sync.
  • www.myheritage.com
    D-ID is a Tel Aviv-based Creative Reality startup specializing in patented video reenactment technology using AI and deep learning.

MyHeritage Adds Millions of Jewish Historical Records in Collaboration with JewishGen

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Family, Consumer, Technology, Seniors, Religion, Internet, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Record, Liberty, New York State Council on the Arts, Name, Statue, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan), The Holocaust, JewishGen, Collection, Museum, MyHeritage, DNA, 9/11 Living Memorial Plaza, Holocaust museum, CEO, Mobile phone, Tourism, Jews, MyHeritage, JewishGen, The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, MYHERITAGE, JEWISHGEN, THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST

JewishGen is a leading website for Jewish genealogy, featuring important collections of historical records pertaining to Jewish communities across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and North America.

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  • JewishGen is a leading website for Jewish genealogy, featuring important collections of historical records pertaining to Jewish communities across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and North America.
  • The records in these collections will now benefit from MyHeritages powerful technologies, which automatically match historical records with the 83 million family trees on MyHeritage.
  • Our new collaboration with JewishGen is an important milestone that makes MyHeritage indispensable for every Jewish genealogist, said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage.
  • JewishGen is the key resource for Jewish genealogy and we are happy to bring its records to MyHeritage.

MyHeritage and Expedia Partner to Inspire Heritage Travel

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Monday, November 15, 2021
Other Travel, Internet, Destinations, Travel, Vacation, Technology, Online Retail, Retail, Expedia Group, Family, View, Freedom, Creative Partnerships, Research, Solution, Partnership, Sale, Travel, DNA, MyHeritage, Tourism, MyHeritage, Expedia®, Expedia Group Media Solutions, MYHERITAGE, EXPEDIA®, EXPEDIA GROUP MEDIA SOLUTIONS

MyHeritage , the leading global service for discovering your past and empowering your future, and Expedia , the worlds leading travel booking site, jointly announced today a new partnership promoting heritage travel.

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  • MyHeritage , the leading global service for discovering your past and empowering your future, and Expedia , the worlds leading travel booking site, jointly announced today a new partnership promoting heritage travel.
  • Details regarding the contest are available on the Heritage Travel Hub website .
  • Launching the hub with MyHeritage offers travelers a fun, engaging and interactive way to learn about their family history, start their heritage travel journey, and add a whole new dimension to their travel experience.
  • Expedia and the Expedia Group logo are trademarks of Expedia, Inc.
    View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211115005968/en/

MyHeritage to Acquire 90% of Filae

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Monday, August 2, 2021
Technology, Internet, Other Technology, Data management, MyHeritage, Kinship and descent, Values, Genealogy, Filae, MyHeritage, FILAE, MYHERITAGE

Following these two operations, MyHeritage will hold 90.91% of the share capital and 89.11% of the voting rights of Filae.

Key Points: 
  • Following these two operations, MyHeritage will hold 90.91% of the share capital and 89.11% of the voting rights of Filae.
  • This marks the 12th acquisition by MyHeritage and reinforces the companys position as the leading family history service in Europe.
  • The underlying values of ease of use, accessibility, and innovation, coupled with a deep passion for genealogical content, have served as the foundation for the ongoing relationship between MyHeritage and Filae.
  • The acquisition of Filae is a significant step for MyHeritage that builds on a longstanding relationship of trust and mutual respect.