Smilegate Develops Emotional AI Chatbot

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Smilegate is embarking on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) capable of expressing a variety of emotions like a human.

Smilegate AI Center announced on the 13th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for joint research and development of an emotional AI avatar chatbot with startups 'Humelo' and 'Cleon'.

Humelo possesses emotion-based personalized voice synthesis technology. Cleon is a startup developing deep humans and has proprietary technology that can create avatars from just a single frontal photo.

The three companies will conduct joint research aiming to develop a differentiated AI avatar service prototype that embodies unique human emotions and charm within this year.

They plan to introduce an AI avatar chatbot service by integrating Smilegate AI Center’s avatar brain model, Humelo’s avatar voice synthesis technology, and Cleon’s deep human technology.

Han Woojin, head of the AI Center, said, "This collaboration has established a foundation to research and develop human-like AI avatar chatbots that have never existed before," adding, "Through continuous and systematic mutual cooperation, we will introduce innovative AI services and create new value applicable to various industries."

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