Synthesia Starts AI Coaching Of Employees

AI training company Synthesia has launched a new platform that allows employees to practise difficult workplace conversations with AI avatars that respond, challenge and coach them in real time, marking a significant move beyond creating training content towards measuring whether people have actually learned new skills.

What Has Been Announced?

For several years, UK-based Synthesia has been best known for helping organisations create AI-generated training videos quickly and at relatively low cost. Those videos have been widely adopted by businesses looking to reduce the time and expense involved in producing learning materials.