Nvidia-backed startup Synthesia unveils AI avatars that can convey human emotions


by CNBC

CNBC— AI startup Synthesia on Thursday announced the launch of its "Expressive Avatars," AI-generated digital avatars that can convey human emotions.

The Next Web—AI unicorn Synthesia launches most 'emotionally expressive' avatars on the market. A British startup today unveiled new AI humans that blur the line between the virtual and the real. Synthesia calls the digital beings "Expressive Avatars." They promise the most realistic emotional expressions on the market. Generated by an AI model that's trained on footage of real actors, the avatars are built for video creation. Users simply enter a text prompt and the synthetic humans read them out on a screen. The photorealistic renders are certainly impressive. But what makes them...

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