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China's Cyberspace Administration proposes new regulations for AI "digital humans," banning virtual intimacy with minors and ...

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French industrial software company Dassault Systèmes unveiled Generation 7 of its 3DExperience platform at its annual user conference in Houston, addressing what it sees as a persistent enterprise ...

A major behavioural and technological shift is underway as users increasingly turn to personalised digital companions instead of traditional search, social, or messaging tools. Advances in generative ...

A new way of working in 3D UNIV+RSES with Virtual Companions - Aura, Leo, and Marie - who embody decades of industrial knowledge and know-how, empowers users through natural conversations to help, ...

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OKAYAMA--Music played in a wedding hall in western Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, dabbed away her tears, taking in the words of her husband-to-be: an AI-generated persona ...

Chinese gaming firm Papergames has recently posted multiple AI robotics-related roles on recruitment platforms, including ...