Microsoft is quietly testing a Copilot Labs experiment called Portraits that would let users pick from 40 animated, non‑photorealistic 3D avatars — powered by Microsoft Research’s VASA‑1 — and speak to them in voice mode, according to an internal description surfaced by testers; the rollout...
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