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We propose MultiTalk, a novel framework for audio-driven multi-person conversational video generation. Given a multi-stream audio input, a reference image and a prompt, MultiTalk generates a video ...

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The Punjab and Haryana high court has criticised the role of state election commission (SEC), Punjab, in conducting the zila parishad and block samiti elections on December 14 and said that Patiala ...