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I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
Publisher description: After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
TechCrunch | Sep 26, 2026 | Dominic-Madori Davis
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Originally based in the U. K. , Synthesia is a hot digital avatar startup alongside others like D-ID, HeyGen, and Colossyan. Synthesia lets enterprises build interactive training videos with AI avatars and recently launched a product called Roleplay Sessions that lets employees practice, for example, sales pitches with an interactive AI avatar that responds and scores their responses. Of course I would like my own digital twin.
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