IBL News | New York

Zoom will allow users to create a digital clone of themselves to chat asynchronously with colleagues. After recording themselves, users can type a script of what they want the digital double to say.

It will be an AI-animated and photorealistic avatar with synced lip movements and upper arms and shoulders.

Zoom announced this month during its last annual conference that this feature will be launched in 2025.

Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, envisions enabling users to create digital twins who can attend meetings, answer emails, and take phone calls.

Several companies are developing AI tech to clone a person’s face and voice digitally. One example is Tavus, which helps brands create virtual personas for personalized video ads. Another is a Microsoft’s service that generates convincing digital stand-ins for a person.