Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert
Her likeness was created using AI imaging technology, including Google’s Nano Banana Pro. Photograph: MGM/Sportsphoto/AllstarView image in fullscreenGreta Garbo in Anna Christie from 1930. The practice some critics call “ghostploitation” has also been used in the case of the actor Val Kilmer, who died last year.Asked if the AI Garbo could be cast in other roles, Craig Reisfield, one of three relatives who manage her legacy, told the Guardian: “I won’t say no, especially having seen what I’ve seen.
- ▪Her likeness was created using AI imaging technology, including Google’s Nano Banana Pro.
- ▪Photograph: MGM/Sportsphoto/AllstarView image in fullscreenGreta Garbo in Anna Christie from 1930.
- ▪The practice some critics call “ghostploitation” has also been used in the case of the actor Val Kilmer, who died last year.Asked if the AI Garbo could be cast in other roles, Craig Reisfield, one of three relatives who manage her legacy, t
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Greta Garbo in Anna Christie from 1930. Her likeness was created using AI imaging technology, including Google’s Nano Banana Pro. Photograph: MGM/Sportsphoto/AllstarView image in fullscreenGreta Garbo in Anna Christie from 1930. Her likeness was created using AI imaging technology, including Google’s Nano Banana Pro. Photograph: MGM/Sportsphoto/AllstarGreta GarboReanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advertRelatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous rolesRobert Booth UK technology editorWed 30 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleShe shimmered in Hollywood’s silent movie era and lit up the first talkies – now Greta Garbo may be about to star in cinema’s new AI age.More than a century after her screen debut and…
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