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This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking It's Human, Company Says
DecryptFriday, October 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Tavus says 26 of 54 people on a one-minute video call thought its new Griffin model was human. The results are the company's own, and the model isn't going to retail customers yet.
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Crypto
- Market relevance
- High
- Why it matters
- Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk. Tavus says 26 of 54 people on a one-minute video call thought its new Griffin model was human. The results are the company's own, and the model isn't going to retail customers yet. Watch liquidity and volatility around Is Already Fooling and Video Calls Into — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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What happened
Tavus says 26 of 54 people on a one-minute video call thought its new Griffin model was human. The results are the company's own, and the model isn't going to retail customers yet.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
Decrypt reported on this under crypto. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
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Economic impact
Watch liquidity and volatility around Is Already Fooling and Video Calls Into — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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