The video model just passed a human test. tavus's griffin, released oct 8, convinced 48 percent of…
the video model just passed a human test. tavus's griffin, released oct 8, convinced 48 percent of callers in its own study that it was human on a phone call.
the uncanny valley now lives in customer support.
Context
Verified event date: Tavus introduced Griffin, which it calls the first Human Interaction Model, on Oct 1, 2026 (Tavus; Business Wire, Oct 1; The Decoder, Oct 1). Decrypt (Oct 2) says Tavus reports 26 of 54 participants (48 percent) believed Griffin-Lite was a real person after a one-minute video call, versus 1 of 41 for its previous system.
Runtime Wire (Oct 1) says the research preview remains limited to selected testers, and Decrypt notes the results are the company's own.
The 48 percent figure matches Tavus, but it comes from a one-minute video call with 54 participants and the Griffin-Lite research preview, not a phone call, and the study is Tavus's own. The post says 'released oct 8'; Tavus's announcement is dated Oct 1, 2026, and the model is in a limited research preview. 'The uncanny valley now lives in customer support' is the author's.
'the video model just passed a human test' is the author's opinion.
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- Check whether Griffin has a general release date.
Sources
- Business Wire via Yahoo Finance: Tavus introduces Griffinfinance.yahoo.com
- Runtime Wire: Tavus says Griffin fooled 48% of testersruntimewire.com
- Tavus on LinkedIn: meet Griffinlinkedin.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 11 October 2026 at 15:16 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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