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Google's creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human

Gemini 3.8 Live now includes custom avatars to go with the AI's voice
Avatars could be used for customer service, training and more
Gemini 3.8 Live can switch between 97 languages automatically

Google has lifted the wraps of its latest Gemini 3.8 Live model, and with it come avatars you can select to make it feel more like you're speaking to a human. Sort of.

It's all possible through a combination of Gemini's real-time speech capabilities and low-latency video generation, so it looks like your chosen avatar is effectively lip-syncing to the text that Gemini is reading out to you.

Research scientist Shuo-yiin Chang and software engineer CJ Zheng said it now feels like AI has a much more "visual presence" - so that's...nice?

Gemini now takes on the body of your chosen avatar with Gemini 3.8 Live

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