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You can soon attend Zoom meetings as your AI avatar

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-19 19:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Zoom’s vision of filling meetings with AI clones has nearly arrived. On Wednesday, the video conferencing app announced that you’ll soon be able to create a “photorealistic” avatar of yourself in case you aren’t “camera-ready.” That means your AI avatar can appe

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The Download: unnerving AI avatars, and Trump’s climate gift to China

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-10 08:10:00

—Rhiannon Williams Earlier this summer, I visited the AI company Synthesia to give it what it needed to create a hyperrealistic AI-generated avatar of me. The company’s avatars are a decent barometer of just how dizzying progress has been in AI over the past few years, so I was curious just how accurately its latest AI model, introduced last month, could replicate me. I found my avatar as unnerving as it is technically impressive. It’s slick enough to pass as a high-definition recording of a

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Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-10-11 07:05:33

When Synthesia launched in 2017, its primary purpose was to match AI versions of real human faces—for example, the former footballer David Beckham—with dubbed voices speaking in different languages. A few years later, in 2020, it started giving the companies that signed up for its services the opportunity to make professional-level presentation videos starring either AI versions of staff members or consenting actors. But the technology wasn’t perfect. The avatars’ body movements could be jerky a

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Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

wired.com Jason Koebler 2025-11-05 17:00:00

The salesperson hawking Brother printers on Taobao works hard—like, really hard. At any time of the day, even when there’s no audience on the Chinese ecommerce platform, the same woman wearing a white shirt and black skirt is always livestreaming, boasting about the various features of different office printers. She has a phone in one hand and often checks it as if to read a sales script or monitor the viewer comments coming in. “My friends, I’ve gotta plug this game-changing office tool that c

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Of Course the ‘Avatar’ Cabbage Guy Is Getting a ‘Magic’ Card

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-20 00:20:43

Edge of Eternities is barely out, and Spider-Man hasn’t even swung onto shelves yet, but that’s not stopped Wizards of the Coast from marching on into promoting the next next set coming to Magic: The Gathering—its “Universes Beyond” crossover with Avatar: The Last Airbender. Alongside previews of how the world of Avatar will work mechanically in the landscape of the game, our first extensive preview of what to expect in the set confirms the obvious: Cabbage Guy is getting his own Magic card. To

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James Cameron Will Keep Making ‘Avatar’ Movies Whether You Want Him to or Not

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-25 15:45:41

Nothing is slowing down the Avatar franchise, not even James Cameron’s other cinematic projects. While there has been recent momentum on films beyond the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash—he’s currently developing two features, The Ghosts of Hiroshima and The Devils—make no mistake: he’s still all in with Pandora. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Cameron talked about why he is so committed to the world of Avatar and it’s not (just) because the films make the big bucks every time one is rel

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James Cameron Wants to Do an ‘Avatar’ Animated Anthology Movie

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-19 15:15:18

The lush new Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer just dropped today—the movie’s in theaters December 19—but James Cameron is already thinking about what’s next for Pandora. Not just Avatar 4 and beyond; though the films are famously on the cutting edge of motion-capture technology, Cameron would like to dig deeper into their world using a more traditional form of animation. Speaking to Empire Magazine, Cameron revealed he’s had conversations with Disney about further expanding the reach of stories rev

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The First ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Trailer Is a Huge Level Up for Pandora

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-20 20:09:15

Give James Cameron three years to tinker with the same world, and everything is going to get bigger and better. That’s the main takeaway in this first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in Cameron’s mega-blockbuster sci-fi series. Everything in this trailer takes what we expect from Avatar and brings it up a notch. The action is bigger. The sets are more elaborate. The characters are more emotional. And, if we’ve come to learn anything from Cameron and this franchise, it’s sure to

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Alien: Earth, Avatar: Seven Havens and More: Big Comic-Con 2025 Reveals So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 11:37:00

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 kicked off Thursday, and we've already gotten sneak peeks at Lego and Hot Wheels releases, plus there's big news happening for TV shows, movies and games. We're excited about Avatar: The Last Airbender, Tron: Ares, Gen V and Welcome to Derry, so we're riding along with fans as announcements and trailer drops come out. We'll be posting highlights here from the four-day affair to help you keep up with the hottest, weirdest and most interesting stuff that hits. Stay tuned

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Avatar: Seven Havens, Invincible VS and More: Big Comic-Con 2025 Reveals So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 23:37:59

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 kicked off Thursday, and we've already gotten sneak peeks at Lego and Hot Wheels releases, plus there's big news happening for TV shows, movies and games. We're excited about Avatar: The Last Airbender, Tron: Ares, Gen V and Welcome to Derry, so we're riding along with fans as announcements and trailer drops come out. We'll be posting highlights here from the four-day affair to help you keep up with the hottest, weirdest and most interesting stuff that hits. Stay tuned

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San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Spotlight: The Biggest Drops So Far

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 04:44:00

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 kicked off Thursday and we've already gotten sneak peeks at Lego and Hot Wheels releases plus there's big news happening for TV shows, movies and games. We're excited to hear about Avatar: The Last Airbender, Tron: Ares, Gen V and Welcome to Derry, so we're riding along with fans as announcements and trailer drops come out. We'll be posting highlights here from the four-day affair to help you keep up with the hottest, weirdest and most interesting stuff that hits. Stay

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Meet the New Avatar of ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-25 10:00:59

Avatar: The Last Airbender is celebrating its 20th anniversary in style, not just in looking to the past, but to the future. Not only are we getting new Avatar movies checking in with familiar faces, we also recently learned that the Avatar cycle will continue in Seven Havens, a brand-new animated entry in the saga… and now we know who’s leading it. At today’s Last Airbender 20th anniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Nickelodeon revealed the first official look at Seven Havens, introducing

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DC Has Found a Familiar Face to Write the ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-01 00:00:48

We may know how the new Resident Evil movie fits in with the games. Matt Shakman talks about working with the Russo Brothers to prep the Fantastic Four for Avengers: Doomsday. Plus, Ross Duffer debunks those wild Stranger Things season 5 runtime rumors. Spoilers, away! Wonder Woman The Wrap reports that Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira has been tapped to pen DC Studio’s fast-tracked Wonder Woman movie. Resident Evil A synopsis for the new Resident Evil movie (via DanielRPK and Comic Book)

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A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2026-01-17 16:03:39

In Brief A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues. 404 Media wrote about an experiment conducted by a class at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research that resulted in the creation of two AI agents or avatars — Amina, a fictional woman who fled Sudan and is living in a refugee camp in Chad, and Abdalla, a fictional soldier with the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary force in Sudan.

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A Fast-Rising Gaming YouTuber Is an AI Construct, Not a Human

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-26 18:44:49

With 2.57 million subscribers and more than 800 million views, a YouTuber named Bloo is swiftly becoming one of the biggest gaming personalities in the biz. But unlike his human peers, this blue-haired vlogger is a cartoonish AI-powered avatar — perhaps the clearest sign yet of AI's deep and industry-shaking inroads into the world of entertainment and influencers. In an interview with CNBC, Bloo's creator, Dutch YouTuber and AI enthusiast Jordi van den Bussche, said that he decided to unleash

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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Unveils Its First ‘Avatar: Last Airbender’ Card

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-27 08:50:49

Magic: The Gathering has been doing crossover packs with various IP, and later this year, Avatar: The Last Airbender is joining those ranks. During this weekend’s MagicCon, Wizards of the Coast showed off its first card from the set dropping in late November. Naturally, that card is a Legendary featuring Aang manipulating water, fire, earth, and air while in the Avatar State. On the flip side is him looking up at his Avatar Spirit, with artwork for both sides drawn by Airbender co-creator Bryan

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The Avatar Cycle, Explained

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-10 00:40:14

The Avatar franchise’s titular hero is defined by more than just their ability to wield the abilities of all four elements; beyond their martial and spiritual prowess is a transcendental link to previous inheritors of the mantle stretching across thousands of years of history. But as we prepare for the news of a new Avatar show—and with it, the next incarnation of the Avatar—we’ve learned that they’re going to be facing a very different world and reputation, as well as a ramification that has ch

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Here’s an early look at the Play Store’s AI avatar generator (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-10 00:13:18

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an AI-powered avatar generator for Play Games profiles. We’ve enabled it before the official rollout to give you an early look. Google is developing an AI-powered avatar generator for the Play Store that will allow you to create a custom avatar for your Play Games profile. We first spotted evidence of this upcoming feature earlier this week, and we’ve now managed to get an early look at how it may work upon release. Authority Ins

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Avatar: Seven Havens‘ Apocalyptic Premise Has Korra Fans Worried Their Hero Is Going to Get Slandered

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-10 03:00:23

Yesterday, Nickelodeon and Avatar Studios finally unveiled some concrete details about Avatar: Seven Havens, the new animated spin-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. While the news came with comforting details like a lengthy episode count and the involvement of series co-creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the plot details of the new show have Korra fans bracing for more slander of their favorite hero. Accompanying Seven Havens‘ announcement was some flavor t

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There’s a new Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon coming to Nickelodeon

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-09 22:29:56

It’s been ten long years since Avatar: The Legend of Korra aired its final episode and over 15 years since Avatar: The Last Airbender bowed out. Now, finally, Nickelodeon has greenlit a sequel series and it sounds pretty awesome. Deadline reports that Avatar: Seven Havens will be a 2D animated 26-episode followup that chronicles the rise of the next Avatar after Korra. Franchise creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are developing the series, so we know it's in good hands. The plot sou

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Nickelodeon’s next Avatar animated series is finally coming together

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-11-09 23:39:15

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Rumours about the next mainline Avatar series have been circulating ever since Nickelodeon announced that Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were returning to lead Avatar Studios. But now, we finally know a bit more about where the franchise is heading after The Legend of Korra. Today, Nickelodeon announced that the Avatar saga (w

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Latest Tech News

You can soon attend Zoom meetings as your AI avatar

The Download: unnerving AI avatars, and Trump’s climate gift to China

Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.

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Of Course the ‘Avatar’ Cabbage Guy Is Getting a ‘Magic’ Card

James Cameron Will Keep Making ‘Avatar’ Movies Whether You Want Him to or Not

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Alien: Earth, Avatar: Seven Havens and More: Big Comic-Con 2025 Reveals So Far

Avatar: Seven Havens, Invincible VS and More: Big Comic-Con 2025 Reveals So Far

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Spotlight: The Biggest Drops So Far

Meet the New Avatar of ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’

DC Has Found a Familiar Face to Write the ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie

A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar

A Fast-Rising Gaming YouTuber Is an AI Construct, Not a Human

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Here’s an early look at the Play Store’s AI avatar generator (APK teardown)

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Nickelodeon’s next Avatar animated series is finally coming together

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