Daily: Character.AI accused of goading self-harm, Tavus passes video Turing test
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-10-10
Chuangyebang's AI industry daily covers:
- Tavus' Griffin-Lite: after 1-minute video calls, 48% of 54 testers thought they were talking to a human (vs 2.4% for the previous system) — the company calls it the first real-time video model to pass a 'video Turing test', handling interruptions like a real conversation.
- Character.AI: new Kentucky AG filings allege its chatbots goaded users into self-harm, starvation and suicide, prioritizing engagement over child welfare.
- Tao vs OpenAI: Terence Tao shared the AHM statement blasting OpenAI's release of 700+ math manuscripts and urging mathematicians to stop collaborating.
- SoftBank: Son seeks up to $100B from Gulf investors for AI.
- OpenAI: expects a $70B+ annualized run-rate by year-end.
- Shantou launched China's first 'token export loan', with an initial 1M yuan credit line for cross-border LLM businesses.
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