Google's Gemini now offers avatars that lip-sync to generative chatter, according to The Register. The avatars can be cartoon or lifelike, giving AI-generated speech a visual face.
DeepMind, Google's AI research lab, is behind the feature. The Register notes that there is still uncertainty about how human mimicry affects people, but the fakes are already here.
The development highlights the growing push to make AI interfaces more expressive, even as the psychological and social implications remain unresolved.