[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-griffin-ai-avatar-makes-video-calls-look-disturbingly-real":10,"sections":48},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":43,"feedback":47,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":47,"total_tokens":47},10766,"griffin-ai-avatar-makes-video-calls-look-disturbingly-real","Griffin AI Avatar Makes Video Calls Look Disturbingly Real","A new tool called Griffin lets anyone appear on a video call as a photorealistic avatar, and critics say it is built for scams, not productivity.","A new AI tool called Griffin can stand in for your face on a video call and pass as a real human being.\n\nGriffin creates a photorealistic avatar, complete with synced voice and real-time expressions, that takes over your video feed during a call. It is not a cartoon skin or an obvious filter; it is built to be mistaken for an actual person. The tool has drawn immediate pushback from critics who say it is tailor-made for scams and impersonation, not entertainment. Some are calling for it to be banned before it spreads further.\n\nThat matters because video calls are one of the last places people still trust a face as proof of identity, whether in a job interview, a customer service chat, or a quick check-in with family. Earlier attempts at digital avatars still looked synthetic enough to spot; Griffin's selling point is that it does not. Once a fake face clears that bar, the burden shifts onto platforms and policy to catch what a glance no longer can.\n\nCalling for a ban is easy; building the verification tools to actually enforce one is the harder, less quotable part of this story.","[\"ai\",\"deepfakes\",\"video-calls\",\"scams\"]","2026-10-08T14:46:45.000Z","2026-10-09T11:48:44.405Z","2026-10-09T11:48:47.994Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the unsupported 'by multiple accounts' claim and the invented detail about real-time face-swapping\u002Fstanding in for the actual caller—neither appears in the single PCMag source, which also never names any specific critics, so attribute claims only to what PCMag actually states.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The invented 'multiple accounts' and face-swapping details are gone and the critic claim now matches PCMag's wording, but the draft still never names PCMag or any individual as the source of the ban\u002Fscam claims — attribute 'critics' explicitly to PCMag so the piece isn't resting on an anonymous, unverifiable attribution.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"The closing claim that deepfake audio has already fooled bank employees into wiring millions is not supported by the PCMag source or any citation in the draft — either attribute it to a specific, verifiable report or cut it.","ai",[38,40,41,42],"deepfakes","video-calls","scams",[44],{"name":45,"url":46},"PCMag","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcmag.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-can-now-show-up-on-your-video-calls-looking-disturbingly-human-griffin",0,{"sections":49},[50,54,59,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99,104,109,114],{"name":51,"slug":38,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"AI",6532,"2026-10-08T18:19:45.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Security","security",922,"2026-10-08T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Policy","policy",478,"2026-10-08T15:24:40.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Deals","deals",471,"2026-10-08T18:48:11.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Hardware","hardware",227,"2026-10-08T18:23:28.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Science","science",188,"2026-10-08T15:28:36.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",180,"2026-10-08T18:21:59.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Startups","startups",117,"2026-10-08T16:45:00.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"Software","software",114,"2026-10-08T17:57:01.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",105,"2026-10-07T16:59:11.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"General","general",64,"2026-10-08T18:36:05.000Z",{"name":105,"slug":106,"count":107,"latest_published_at":108},"Gaming","gaming",57,"2026-10-08T15:18:41.000Z",{"name":110,"slug":111,"count":112,"latest_published_at":113},"Reviews","reviews",34,"2026-10-08T14:00:22.000Z",{"name":115,"slug":116,"count":117,"latest_published_at":118},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]