Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Samsung’s future factory STAR Labs has developed Neon, AI-powered virtual beings that look and behave like real humans.
(2) NEONs are being called as the world’s first artificial humans.
(3) Artificial human i.e. NEONs was firstly introduced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020.
Choose the correct one:
(a) Only (1) and (3)
(b) Both (2) and (3)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On 7 January 2020, Samsung’s future factory STAR Labs introduced world’s first artifificial human i.e. NEONs.
- The project is led by Pranav Mistry, a human-computer interaction researcher and former senior vice president at Samsung Electronics.
- The AI-powered lifeforms, called Neons, were debuted at 2020s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and included simulations of a yoga instructor, a banker, a K-pop star, a news anchor and a fashion model.
- NEONs are computationally created virtual humans — the word derives from NEO (new) + human.
- The NEONs are designed to converse and sympathise “like real people” in order to act as hyper lifelike companions.
- The Neons are still currently in their early development phase, acting mainly as AI chatbots in human-like form.
Links:
https://www.neon.life/
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/simply-put-question-answer-meet-virtual-human-neon-ces-2019-6214995/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/8/21056424/neon-ceo-artificial-humans-samsung-ai-ces-2020