AI Foresights — A New Dawn Is Here
Back to homebest ai tools

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

Wired AI Reece Rogers May 21, 2026
I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me
AI Summary— plain English for professionals

# AI Can Now Create a Digital Clone of You—And It's Getting Scarily Realistic Google's Gemini app can generate videos of a digital version of you that looks and sounds unnervingly accurate, which the company is promoting as a tool for creators and professionals. The technology works well enough that it raises real questions about how comfortable people should be with AI being able to impersonate them so convincingly. For everyday workers, this could eventually mean creating polished videos without hiring videographers or actors, but it also opens the door to potential misuse if someone creates a convincing fake of you without permission.

I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out.

Read full article on Wired AI

Get new guides every week

Real AI income strategies, tool reviews, and plain-English news — free in your inbox.

or enter email