Startup claims its AI avatar can pass for human in job-interview with creepy new model

Bay Area startup Tavus has unveiled a new AI model called Griffin that it claims can pass the Turing Test, which measures whether a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human. In a job interview test involving 54 participants, 48% thought the AI interviewer was a real person, and those who were fooled were on average 79% confident in their assessment, according to the company. Griffin generates every pixel of every frame in real time from a single reference image, including not just the face, arms, and fingers, but also the movement of the chair, the shadows it casts, and the background. The avatars come in male and female looks and appear to breathe and blink naturally. CEO and co-founder Hassaan Raza said the new model has eliminated some reality-breaking aspects of communicating with an AI-generated avatar, such as smiling while hearing bad news. Griffin reacts in real-time, can interrupt a person, adjust to new subject matter, and be interrupted without losing its train of thought. Demonstrations show the model teaching a participant how to solve a Rubik's Cube, responding to visual cues, and successfully playing a game of Simon Says. The company says the models can be utilized for students in schools or as tutors.

(Source：New York Post)