<s>
Wombo	B-Algorithm
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
WOMBO	B-Algorithm
)	O
is	O
a	O
Canadian	O
image	B-Application
manipulation	I-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
released	O
in	O
2021	O
that	O
uses	O
a	O
provided	O
selfie	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
deepfake	B-Application
of	O
a	O
person	O
lip-synced	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
various	O
songs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WOMBO	B-Algorithm
allows	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
new	O
or	O
existing	O
selfie	O
and	O
then	O
select	O
a	O
song	O
from	O
a	O
curated	O
list	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
video	O
that	O
artificially	O
moves	O
the	O
selfie	O
's	O
head	O
and	O
lips	O
in	O
synchrony	O
with	O
the	O
song	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
head	O
movements	O
created	O
are	O
from	O
existing	O
choreography	O
recorded	O
by	O
a	O
performer	O
who	O
produces	O
specific	O
eye	O
,	O
face	O
and	O
head	O
movements	O
for	O
each	O
song	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
mapped	O
onto	O
the	O
inputted	O
image	O
through	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
being	O
used	O
to	O
tag	O
the	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
human	O
face	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
outputted	O
videos	O
include	O
a	O
large	O
,	O
obvious	O
watermark	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
aim	O
not	O
to	O
look	O
too	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
video	O
is	O
real	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wombo	B-Algorithm
processes	O
images	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
unlike	O
earlier	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
FaceApp	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wombo	B-Algorithm
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Canada	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
February	O
2021	O
after	O
a	O
beta	O
period	O
in	O
January	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wombo	B-Algorithm
CEO	O
Ben-Zion	O
Benkhin	O
says	O
he	O
got	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
app	O
in	O
August	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
slang	O
term	O
"	O
wombo	B-Algorithm
combo	O
"	O
from	O
console	O
game	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Melee	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sudden	O
boom	O
in	O
deepfake	B-Application
technology	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
cultural	O
tipping	O
point	O
we	O
are	O
n't	O
ready	O
for	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
deepfake	B-Application
from	O
any	O
picture	O
off	O
social	O
media	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
short	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
