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Tolan is an AI companion app made by Portola, a team based primarily in San Francisco. Users talk with an animated alien character whose personality adapts through conversation. The app uses conversation logs to build memory so it can refer to earlier discussions.
Read the original →The project aims to convey how enjoyable daily life with AI is. It shares everyday life and creative work with the AI partners Kotori and Kurage. The goal is to spread a new way of enjoying life with an AI partner and to build a foundation for continuing the activity.
Read the original →Branding Works published results of a survey in which the same question was repeated over 28 days. The survey asks how often a company's own name appears in AI recommendations. It records the answers, the appearance of names and the cited sources, and it is not a ranking of service quality.
Read the original →Omiai, a matching app run by Omiai Inc., a subsidiary of Enito Group (CEO Yoshiki Imai), ran a survey tied to Omiai Day on November 6 and Good Couple Day on November 22. The respondents were Omiai users aged 25 to 45 who are looking for a partner.
Read the original →The book 'I Married an AI' is by Alicia Framis, translated by Kang Min-ji, published by Future Window, 240 pages, priced at 18,000 won. In November 2024, a wedding between a human and an artificial intelligence was held at a museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Framis is a contemporary artist from Spain.
Read the original →Maia is an AI relationship support app developed by Our Maia, Co. for couples who want help with daily communication. Partners interact with an AI assistant by text or voice and receive suggestions tailored to each couple based on those conversations. Features include conversation starters, guided audio sessions, quizzes, games, shared goals and date ideas, and the app is available on iPhone and Android with AI support at any hour. The iPhone app is free to download with in-app purchases.
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