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Ask HN: Will AI assistants become photorealistic video?

A Hacker News user asks how far away the community thinks generally available photorealistic video AI assistants are, noting that ChatGPT now defaults to voice. The post received 1 point and no comments as of publication.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 23, 2026

By general_revealSource:

[Hacker News AI](https://news.ycombinator.com)I notice [ChatGPT](/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude) goes straight to voice now. How far away do you guys think we are from generally available video assistant?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015708](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015708)

Points: 1

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