AI AVATARS ESCAPE THE UNCANNY VALLEY

Summary from the TLDR Marketing newsletter

AI avatars are becoming more realistic, combining facial expressions, lip sync, and body movement. Early models were limited, but newer ones like Hedra and OmniHuman can animate full characters from a single image and audio. These avatars are used by consumers for storytelling, by SMBs for ad creation, and by enterprises for training, localization, and scaling executive presence. Tools like Synthesia and ElevenLabs help make these avatars more expressive and useful across languages and use cases.