How I Built an AI Character That Lives on My Desktop and Learns New Expressions

I wanted my AI assistant to have a face. Not a chat bubble, not a cartoon avatar — something that feels alive on my desktop. So I built Cloe Desktop : a transparent, always-on-top window with a photorealistic character whose expressions are chosen autonomously by the AI agent based on conversation context. Here's what it looks like in action: The Core Idea Most "AI companions" are chat windows. Some have static avatars. A few have cartoon animations. But none of them feel like a presence on your