Truth Check/5 October 2026

“"In a live study, 48% of participants who talked with Griffin thought they had talked with a real human" - 26 of 54, one-minute calls, participants not told their partner might be AI”

The claim as it travelled: Tavus, 1 Oct 2026.

Tavus's Griffin page prints 26 of 54 and describes the method: one-minute calls, participants not told their partner might be a machine.

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Tavus says Griffin is "the first model to pass the video Turing test": 26 of 54 people on a one-minute call took her for real

The company's own study, on its own page: participants were told they would be matched with another participant, were never told their partner might be a machine, and were asked only at the end whether it had crossed their mind. 48% said no. The previous system scored 2.4%. Griffin-Lite goes to "select trusted testers" only.

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