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- 1Richard Socher on ASI Timeline as Khanna Seeks Recursive AI Ban●Richard Socher: ASI & RSI Timeline, Khanna Moves to Ban Recursive AI, and Tavus’ Turing Test|Peter Diamandis
A discussion featuring Richard Socher and Peter Diamandis covers his predictions for artificial superintelligence and recursive self-improvement timelines, alongside Representative Ro Khanna's reported move to legislate against recursive AI development and Tavus' Turing test demonstration. The conversation frames near-term superintelligence as plausible while highlighting growing political attempts to slow recursive systems before they exist.
- 2Tavus's Griffin AI model fools nearly half of test viewers▼US startup Tavus unveils Griffin model — 48% of test subjects mistook video call partner for a real human
US startup Tavus has unveiled Griffin, a conversational video model designed to power lifelike AI avatars on video calls. In company testing, 48% of participants mistook the AI-generated call partner for a real human, a result being cited as evidence of how quickly synthetic video is approaching human indistinguishability and raising fresh questions about deception and consent in video communication.
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AI video company Tavus has introduced Griffin, a conversational video model it says is realistic enough to pass a video Turing test. The announcement is drawing attention to how closely AI-generated humans now resemble real people on camera, and to what that means for trust in video, digital identity and online deception.