**When I put the lines in, the webtoon character popped out… AI Approaching Everyday Life**
*From the production of ‘busy’ webtoon content to the AI â??â??Expo held at COEX until the 15th, to virtual humans and unmanned stores*
The exhibition hall on the 3rd floor of COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul where the ‘International Artificial Intelligence Exhibition (AI Expo Korea 2022)’ was held on the afternoon of the 13th.
Toon Square’s AI webtoon content creation solution ‘Tooning’ helps you create characters and add poses, backgrounds, props, and effects. For example, â??Chul-su went to COEX. Wow, there are a lot of people!â? and the AI â??â??automatically creates the characterâ??s expression or background to match the content.
Jiyoon Lim, in charge of planning and strategy at Toon Square, said, â??Since we have a variety of resources such as characters, backgrounds, props, and effects, you can easily create results with just a story. I became a webtoon writer,â? he said.
The booth of ‘Deep Brain AI’, a startup that became famous for making ‘AI Yoon Seok-yeol’, also drew the attention of visitors. Deep Brain AI has the technology to create the same virtual human in 3 to 4 weeks after shooting an existing person three-dimensionally for 2 hours. Seo Seung-ho, Deputy Director of Deep Brain AI Business Development Group, explained, â??Virtual humans that explain financial products or guide visitors in unmanned stores are already being applied and are increasing.â?
As it is evaluated that the COVID-19 epidemic has passed its peak, the offline AI Expo is drawing a lot of attention. About 350 AI-related companies will participate in the event, which will be held until the 15th, and the organizer, the Korean Artificial Intelligence Association, is estimated to have an estimated 30,000 attendees. As AI technology rises to a level that can be applied to actual industries, companies are increasingly interested in applying it.
The unmanned store experience zone set up in the booth by ‘Alchera’, an image recognition AI company, was also crowded with visitors. This is a space where you can directly experience one-stop, from making an avatar (an alter ego) by taking a picture of your face, and then entering the store with it and making a payment.
The booth of ‘Selvas AI’, which demonstrated ‘Selby Note’, an AI voice recording solution that automatically completes text as it is said, was also crowded with industry officials. Selvas AI, which started as Diotech in 1999 and changed its name, has undergone R&D for 24 years.
Kim Eun-joo, Director of Selvas AI, said, â??The AI â??â??voice recording solution is being applied to various fields such as smart ships. , and we are applying it to unmanned stores,â? he said.
Seojeong Kim (pseudonym), who said she is an industry worker, said, â??I was able to see with my own eyes how AI technology, infrastructure, and solutions are being applied to our lives and how they are innovating society and industry. We will continue,â? he said.
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