Samsung will unveil a new generation of artificial intelligence at CES 2020 that will likely create human avatars. The company has been teasing for a few days the arrival of a new,lifelike projectcalled NEON. The brand will present this as the world's first artificial human at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020.
New generation artificial intelligence
Although information about NEON has been scarce so far, many speculate that it could actually be a successor to the company's existing smart assistant, Bixby. However, the latest information from project lead Pranav Mistry suggests that this may not be the case.
Instead, the project could actually be a digital avatar developer. This information comes from a tweet by Mistry. This reveals that the engine behind Neon, called CORE R3, “can autonomously generate new expressions, new movements and new dialogues (also in Hindi). However, this will be completely different from the data originally collected.”
A thread on Reddit also popped up. He claims to have received videos from NEON's website, which have since been posted. These videos show that NEON can create lifelike avatars based on recorded videos of real people.
Virtual replica of people
Although the information is not yet official, the whole thing sounds sensible. Samsung has so far refrained from calling NEON a voice-based assistant. This can replace the ones already present on our cell phones. To remind users, this new AI-based product is currently atSamsung Technologyand Advanced Research Labs. This artificial intelligence is in the works as an independent unit of Samsung Electronics. While Pranav Mistry has been sharing information about the product, the tech giant itself has continued to be updated about the project.
The company hasn't teased the product through social media channels. However, NEON's own Twitter page is flooding the web with information about the product. NEON has reportedly filed several patents in the past related to virtual characters that not only look like their human counterparts, but can also go beyond their core programming.
While it's unclear where these avatars might be deployed, if the company actually manages to demonstrate a working prototype of such code that can think and act like its human counterpart, it will indeed be a major leap in technology be artificial intelligence.
