Digital humans, virtual beings powered by artificial intelligence, can interact with humans and interpret input, as well as have images that resemble real people. AI enables them to generate not only simple responses, but appropriate verbal and nonverbal actions as well.
The ‘digital human platform’ announced by the Chinese technology giant Tencent Cloud is called Deepfakes-as-a-Service (DFaaS). According to Tencent, it only takes three minutes of video, 100 sentences, and a $145 fee to create a high-definition digital human with this service. The digital character creation process only takes 24 hours.
What will be the characteristics and usage areas of digital people?
Tencent Cloud’s digital people are available in half body or full body and are available in both Chinese and English. It can be customized, as can some details such as the background and color tones. The robotic and unnatural way of speaking that we usually see in ‘digital people’ is left behind with the service of Tencent Cloud. The digital people produced on this platform speak and react in a very natural flow.
Chen Lei, General Manager of Intelligent Digital Human Products at Tencent Cloud, says the internet giant hopes to build an automated “Artificial intelligence + Digital Intelligent Human Factory”. This factory will be based on the Tencent Cloud TI platform, a machine learning platform that offers more than 10 artificial intelligence algorithms.
Local media are also reporting that Tencent is able to create digital people like doctors, lawyers and other professionals. It is also a matter of curiosity what could happen if this technology is used incorrectly.
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