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    From Voice Agents to AI Avatars with Alexander Smola - #777

    The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) · Sep 17, 2026 · 1 h 05 min
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    Voice AI has gotten remarkably good, but natural conversation remains a high bar. Small delays, awkward interruptions, or the wrong tone can quickly break the illusion—and adding vision and visual presence only raises the stakes. In this episode, Alex Smola, co-founder and CEO of Boson AI, explores the path from today’s voice agents to audiovisual agents and AI avatars. We discuss the technical…

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