Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos
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Personalized AI avatars in Google Vids turn every knowledge worker into a scalable on-camera asset — training, sales, and internal comms can now be multiplied without studio time. Teams should start drawing hard lines on where synthetic self-representation is acceptable and where a real human still needs to show up.
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