The video turing test just got passed. tavus' griffin-lite model fooled 26 of 54 people in…
the video turing test just got passed. tavus' griffin-lite model fooled 26 of 54 people in one-minute video calls, 48 percent, up from 2.4 percent for its previous version.
the face is no longer a giveaway.
Context
Tavus says that in its live study, 26 of 54 participants (48 percent) believed Griffin-Lite was a real person after a one-minute video call. Decrypt notes the results are the company's own and the model is not going to retail customers yet.
Runtimewire reports the research preview remains limited to selected testers.
26 of 54 and 48 percent match Tavus and the coverage. The study is run by the company.
'Up from 2.4 percent for its previous version' was not seen in the pages read, so it is unsupported here, not refuted. Tavus's page says earlier systems scored lower without that figure in the excerpt read.
'The face is no longer a giveaway' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- Tavus: Griffin ↗The primary page.
- Decrypt ↗Company results caveat.
- Runtimewire ↗Access limits.
- Founder Notes: the uncanny valley just got a footbridge ↗An earlier note on Griffin.
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- Watch for an independent replication.
Sources
- Tavus, Oct 2026tavus.io
- Runtimewire, Oct 1, 2026runtimewire.com
- Decrypt, Oct 2, 2026decrypt.co
Provenance
The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 10 October 2026 at 07:45 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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