May 22, 2026

Gemini launches AI avatar tool for personalized videos

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Gemini launched a new creative tool for making personalized videos with your own AI avatar.

Gemini

You can now create personalized videos using your own likeness with Gemini's new AI avatar tool.

The app lets you put yourself into AI-generated scenes, like singing to a dinosaur or surfing under a bridge.

Only adult users can make videos with their own avatar, ensuring you control your digital likeness.

ChatGPT

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Perplexity

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed

New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs