TechCrunch · September 27, 2026 · On the brief until October 11, 2026

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

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THE AI ANGLE

Generating interactive digital video clones to answer questions

A reporter worked with startup Synthesia to build an interactive digital clone trained on her investigative article. The tool allows media organizations and corporate teams to deliver information through automated, talking video avatars.

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THE TEACHING ANGLE

Classrooms can explore whether audiences will trust news delivered by a synthetic avatar instead of a human journalist.

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Instructors get discussion guides, assignments, and mini-cases. Students and readers get a plain summary, points to raise, an exercise, and a self-check. All built from the full article. A free account saves stories and gives you three generations. Stories stay on the brief for 14 days. After that this page keeps the link to the original.

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

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