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Meituan LongCat releases LongCat-Video-Avatar 1.6 for audio-driven video generation

Meituan LongCat has released LongCat-Video-Avatar 1.6, an open-source framework for generating audio-driven human videos. This latest version enhances expressive naturalness, lip-audio synchronization, and facial/body motion coordination. It also introduces optimizations for faster inference and stable long-video generation, mitigating error accumulation for videos exceeding ten minutes. AI

IMPACT Enhances realism and stability in AI-generated videos, potentially improving applications in content creation and virtual avatars.

RANK_REASON The release of an open-source framework for audio-driven video generation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Meituan LongCat releases LongCat-Video-Avatar 1.6 for audio-driven video generation

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