# Boson AI introduces a 45B model that talks and renders a face > Source: > Published: 2026-11-06 16:26:02+00:00 # Boson AI introduces a 45B model that talks and renders a face **Alex Smola's Santa Clara company says Higgs Realtime Duplex processes voice and video in 160 ms chunks while handling tools and delegating harder questions.** By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff) · Published Primary source: [Aligned News — AI Intelligence](https://x.com/rdesh26/status/2118684296441442347) ## Why it matters Full-duplex interaction could let a voice agent listen while speaking, watch a screen, call tools and hand hard problems to a bigger backend model without dead air. Boson AI's target is for an hour with its 45B front model to cost at most one-tenth as much as an hour of a person's time. Boson AI, co-founded and led by [Alex Smola](https://x.com/smolix?ref=runtimewire), introduced [Higgs Realtime Duplex](https://www.boson.ai/blog/higgs-realtime-duplex?ref=runtimewire) on November 5th, 2026, describing it as the next generation of Higgs Realtime and its first full-duplex interactive omni model. The model listens, watches and talks at the same time while rendering a face of its own, according to Boson AI. It also thinks, calls tools and delegates work to a larger model without pausing the conversation, Boson AI says.… When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.