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24 alternatives to Griffin by Tavus
World's First Human Interaction Model
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Hey there, I’m Brian. I've been shipping conversational models over here at Tavus for the past two years. I want to tell you about our new audio-understanding model: Sparrow-2! It’s a new category of model and a unique new approach to conversational audio. Earlier this year we launched Sparrow-1, (at the time) our SoTA turn taking model. Since our Sparrow-1 launch, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to humans talking and trying to really understand how people know when to talk, when to listen, and when to wait. I’ve also been hunting down failure modes of the current SoTA models. And while…
2024 · tavus.io · its alternatives →
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Hey it’s Hassaan & Quinn – co-founders of Tavus, an AI research company and developer platform for video APIs. We’ve been building AI video models for ‘digital twins’ or ‘avatars’ since 2020. We’re sharing some of the challenges we faced building an AI video interface that has realistic conversations with a human, including getting it to under 1 second of latency. To try it, talk to Hassaan’s digital twin: https://www.hassaanraza.com, or to our "demo twin" Carter: https://www.tavus.io We built this because until now, we've had to adapt communication to the limits of…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Odyssey 3▲159A world model that simulates physics in real time
13d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →
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An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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Desert Ant Labs▲134Small specialized AI models for speech, text, vision
Sep 2026 · desertant.com · its alternatives →
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CloudMatch▲62Technology for multi-platform gesture interactions
2014 · cloudmatch.io · its alternatives →
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I just released a free demo (no login!) for "Talk to Me Human", a game about social persuasion. You speak out loud to play a variety of conversational challenges, and the NPCs talk back. I hope you enjoy, and would love to get your feedback!
2024 · talktomehuman.com · its alternatives →
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AniJS▲87UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English
2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →
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A conversation-based narrative game
2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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An AI companion from the folks who built Couple
2014 · couple.me · its alternatives →
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Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior
2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →
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An introduction to creating compelling chat applications
2016 · its alternatives →
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The basics of VUI design
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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Guest: Nando de Freitas (Oxford, Google DeepMind)
2015 · thetalkingmachines.com · its alternatives →
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A digest of four books about brains
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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A book about human-computer interaction and web usability
2015 · sensible.com · its alternatives →
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Collaboration across different modes of thinking
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Sun Dogs▲71An open-world text adventure in a transhumanist solar system
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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