Error following the latest Youtube tutorial

Hi, I have followed this tutorial twice and still getting the same error. Any ideas to assist?
Unreal v5.7.3
Convai plugin V 4.0.0-beta 10
using the first person template

Once I have added the metahuman and added the ConvaiPlayerComponent I get this error on the screen:
Owner is invalid: make sure the owner of ConvaiPlayerComponent is a Pawn Object name :
And then in the console I can also see
“ConvaiSubsystemLog: Error: Failed to connect to Convai service”.

I have checked api keys, I am logged into the plugin as well. I am on the free version of Convai to test it out. Not sure if this is a limitation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fMCKkrfyaA

Hello,

Welcome to the Convai Developer Forum!

Could you please share a screenshot?

Here is a screen shot of the console log, and the error in the Unreal editor.
Press to talk and always on dont seem to working, but guessing it is related to the same error. If I type a message, the avatar starts making eye contact, but no reply

Could you please try again?

What should I be trying again?
I just ran the project again with the same error.
I also created a new project and dropped the version of unreal to 5.6.1, installed the plugin and re set up the scene using the same tutorial. Unfortunately still getting the same error.

Do you have an API key in the project? Could you please check? Project Settings → Convai → API Key.

yes I see my API there, and it matches the API key in the Convai dashboard

Do you use a VPN?

Thanks got it working, looks like it was my works security proxy/firewalls blocking it.

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