Character.AI’s newest feature can bring a picture to uncanny life

• Character.AI’s new AvatarFX tool can turn a single photo into a realistic video
• The video shows a still image speaking with synced lip movements, gestures, and longform performances
• The tool supports everything from human portraits to mythical creatures and talking inanimate objects

Images may be worth a thousand words, but Character.AI doesn’t see any reason that the image shouldn’t speak those words itself. The company has a new tool called AvatarFX that turns still images into expressive,…