Digital twin developer Tavus just unveiled a major upgrade to its Conversational Video Interface (CVI) platform, launching three new AI models that work together to make video interactions with AI feel more humanlike and personalized. - Phoenix-3 handles full-face animation, creating natural facial expressions for avatars, including eye movements, eyebrows, and subtle micro-expressions.
- Raven-0 acts as the AI avatar's eyes, analyzing cues like body language and facial expressions in real time to respond more naturally to human emotions.
- Sparrow-0 handles conversation timing, eliminating awkward pauses and interruptions by understanding when to speak and when to listen.
- The company showcased the tech through “Charlie,” a demo AI avatar that can hold conversations while searching the web, analyzing screens, and more.
While many scoffed at Sam Altman’s proof-of-personhood startup, tech like this is showing how hard it is about to be to identify AI from humans online. The days of AI customer service reps and digital avatars feeling robotic and scripted in their interactions are coming to an end very soon.