Sidecar Sync
Sidecar Sync
Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias
Emotions, Accents, and Avatars Galore & Why Apple Says It’s All Just an Illusion | 87
50 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Introduction
Hackathon Preview and Agentic Software Vision
ElevenLabs V3: Emotion, Expression & Global Reach
Live Demo of ElevenLabs V3
Real-World Application in Sidecar's Learning Hub
HeyGen Avatar 4: Hand Gestures & Hyperrealism
Avatar Demo & Ethical Considerations
Real-Time AI Instructor Interactions
Apple’s “Illusion of Thinking” Paper
Siri, AI Utility, and the Road Ahead
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Sidecar Sync, co-hosts Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive deep into the cutting edge of AI-generated audio and video. Mallory demos the stunning new ElevenLabs V3 voice engine and the lifelike hand gestures of HeyGen's Avatar 4, while Amith shares behind-the-scenes insights from a recent hackathon focused on building agentic software. The pair also unpack Apple’s eyebrow-raising research paper, “The Illusion of Thinking,” and debate whether AI models a...