>> Spearheaded by Japanese company KDDI in partnership with Mawari, whose digital humans can be integrated into AWS Wavelength, several companies like Trulience in the U.K.; UneeQ in Australia, New Zealand, and…

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#fcatalystcom #soulmachinescom **The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology** (FCAT), a branch of Fidelity Investments, focuses on exploring emerging technologies for the financial sector. They have a team dedicated to AI innovations and…

#twitchtv #playht #singularitygroupnet Artificially intelligent streams on Twitch are becoming increasingly common, despite previous examples of the technology going awry due to an inability to understand the emotional weight and context of…

>> Xie-Carson, L., Benckendorff, P., & Hughes, K. (2023). **Not so different after all? A netnographic exploration of user engagement with non-human influencers on social media**. *Journal of Business Research*, *167*, 114149.

#githubcom A new technology, named **TeCH**, aims to improve the 3D reconstruction of clothed human figures from single images. Current methods struggle to accurately reconstruct the unseen parts of a person in…

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#2wgg Ho. Mobile, on its fifth anniversary, introduces its virtual ambassador, ho.lly, created to interact with and inform customers in an innovative manner. Designed by **2WATCH**, a startup and winner of the…

#genexyzworld Virtual influencers are becoming increasingly popular in marketing, with brands like Prada and Calvin Klein working with renowned virtual figures like Lil Miquela. This trend is emerging in Indonesia, which hosts…

#synthesiaio Shirin Delsooz, a passionate advocate for bicycle infrastructure, has been a regular feature at Corpus Christi City Council meetings. Recently, she began using an AI-generated avatar named Jonathan to make her…