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In a preliminary study of 32 participants, an AI framework named A.U.R.A. adapted in-game weather to player facial affect. It increased immersion by 40.67 percent while reducing negative affect.
Read the original →The article introduces a TED talk by psychologist Paul Bloom, who worries about the cost of no longer learning from failures in human relationships when AI always listens kindly. It suggests using AI in a way that involves telling people what one has told the AI.
Read the original →NTT developed a "high-EQ dialogue intelligence" technology that evaluates and improves AI dialogue in terms of emotional intelligence (EQ). It aims to understand the situation and context behind words to give more suitable responses, and plans to introduce it in smartphone chat services. On a specialist dataset, scores for understanding situations and for problem solving that considers the other person's position rose by about 23% on average from before.
Read the original →Shizuku AI has released a real-time conversational AI system called Shizuku-Duplex. It uses a model that handles full-duplex Japanese exchanges, able to reply by voice while the other person is still speaking.
Read the original →A new survey shows that 1 in 8 Brits use AI tools to help write sentimental messages in their Christmas cards.
Read the original →The planned app would target young people overseas. It would let them have AI-powered conversations in Japanese with popular anime characters.
Read the original →The disclosure document dated November 9, 2026 from FCE (9564) is titled as an OEM supply agreement with Coach A Co., Ltd. for the AI coaching service "CoachAmit." The document is available as a PDF download.
Read the original →LG Uplus will develop Korean-specialized voice AI that understands how people speak and the context of conversation. It plans to secure speech-to-speech (S2S) technology that understands voice directly, without converting it to text, and responds by voice, and to apply it to actual services. LG Uplus announced on the 9th that it launched the "K-Voice AI Alliance" with the three universities.
Read the original →The article says AI can help analyze literary works and write text, but cannot replace the real emotions that literature evokes.
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