Mel AI just shared a demo of video-native AI characters that can talk, react, and respond to camera context in real time [N]

Character AI, founded by former Google/LaMDA developers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, proved that text-based character chat can work as a real entertainment category. But the next chapter might not be better text chat. It might be real-time video interaction. Mel AI recently shared a demo of AI character video chat, and the interesting part is the interaction stack: voice, lip sync, facial reactions, and camera-aware responses instead of just a static avatar or chat box. The character can respond to v