{
  "id": 10990994,
  "title": "Show colleagues how much you care by sending an AI avatar to your Google Meet call",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/show-colleagues-how-much-you-care-by-sending-an-ai-avatar-to-your-10990994",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:03:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/30/show-colleagues-how-much-you-care-by-sending-an-ai-avatar-to-your-google-meet-call/5300205"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An AI-powered assistant called MeetTwins is being developed to attend Google Meet calls on behalf of users, relaying approved information to colleagues without requiring the human operator to participate in the call. Created by Indian developer Aditya Shinde, MeetTwins is inspired by Shinde's desire to send an AI bot to his own Google Meet calls. The tool uses AI models from India-based firm Sarvam and features a digital twin avatar created by Simli. Users can set up MeetTwins for calls by providing it with questions to answer, relevant documents, and necessary context. MeetTwins is designed to follow the user's instructions and will not make up answers or discuss topics outside the defined realm. The assistant can be stopped at any time by typing \"/stop\" in the chat. While MeetTwins aims to save time in virtual meetings, some may find the idea of delegating human interaction to an AI impersonator to be unsettling. The developer acknowledges that using MeetTwins could potentially offend human colleagues, but features have been included to allow users to eject the bot if needed. Shinde admits that there's a possibility that coworkers may simply send a grumpy email or CC a supervisor after a meeting with MeetTwins, rather than engage with the AI. Ultimately, the effectiveness of AI in virtual meetings remains a topic of debate, but MeetTwins demonstrates a growing interest in using technology to streamline communication.",
  "summary": "MeetTwins is still in development, but it's a genius idea if the goal is to prove more time-wasting calls should just be emails",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Show colleagues how much you care by sending an AI avatar to your Google Meet call",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/show-colleagues-how-much-you-care-by-sending-an-ai-avatar-to-your",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:03:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}