The video voice just passed the caller test. tavus's griffin model fooled 48 percent of callers…
the video voice just passed the caller test. tavus's griffin model fooled 48 percent of callers into thinking it was human, per oct 8 reporting.
the uncanny valley just moved to customer support.
Context
Verified event date: Tavus announced Griffin on about Oct 1, 2026 (Runtimewire and Dataist, Oct 1; Decrypt, Oct 2). Tavus says 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 model.
Tavus describes Griffin as the first model to pass the real-time video Turing test. The research preview is limited to selected testers.
The 48 percent figure and the one-minute video call match Tavus and the coverage; the sample was 54 participants and the tested model was Griffin-Lite. The post says 'per oct 8 reporting' and 'caller test'; the coverage read is dated Oct 1 and 2 and describes a video call test, not phone callers. 'Customer support' is the author's.
'the uncanny valley just moved to customer support' is the author's opinion.
Related work
Watch next
- Read Tavus's study details for how participants were chosen.
Sources
- Tavus, Griffintavus.io
- Runtimewire, Oct 1, 2026runtimewire.com
- Decrypt, Oct 2, 2026decrypt.co
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 11 October 2026 at 07:05 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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