As virtual characters and digital presenters become more common in marketing, education, gaming, and online entertainment, ...

Sumeet Gupta, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, said the firm has seen more interest in AI digital twins in the last six months, and Suman Kanuganti, CEO and co-founder of Personal AI, which ...

Shanghai AI Lab researchers find that giving AI richer context—called “context engineering”—can make models smarter without retraining.

Chatbot site Character.ai is cutting off teenagers from having conversations with virtual characters, after facing intense ...

Avatar: Fire and Ash could be setting up an important storyline for Avatar 5, which would take the franchise back to a ...

AI companion company Genies has launched a new creation tools product that will enable celebrities to develop avatars to interact with fans.

If Plaud selling a million of its notetaking devices wasn’t enough to convince you that AI recorders are a real thing, maybe ...

The ability to communicate with the dead. Immortality. Conquering death and breaking down the impenetrable barrier between ...

The AI in Education Practice Group (AIED) in the Department of Computer Science, working with colleagues in the School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA), has built a holographic conversational avatar ...

Trachtenberg recalls a memorable dinner in which the 'Avatar' director gave him a vote of confidence. But after a screening ...

The move follows lawsuits alleging Character.AI’s chatbots encouraged self-harm and ongoing investigations into child safety.

Zohran Mamdani, after a triumphant campaign built on progressive ideas and a relentless focus on affordability, will become ...