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Character.AI, which is highly influential in the field of AI chat and role-playing, recently announced a series of multimedia features aimed at enhancing user experience. According to a blog post released by the company on Monday, the new AvatarFX tool will allow users to create custom animated videos, enabling them to bring their AI chat characters into new creative spaces. Additionally, the platform has introduced 'Scenes' and 'Streams' features, allowing users to make videos featuring characters and more.

Recently, the Persona Engine project was officially open-sourced. Its powerful capabilities, integrating cutting-edge technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), Live2D, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Real-time Voice Cloning (RVC), have garnered significant attention in the AI and virtual content creation fields. According to AIbase, the project enables real-time interaction with virtual characters by granting them natural conversation and dynamic expression capabilities, making it particularly suitable for VTubing and similar applications.

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the convergence of virtual characters and interactive experiences is becoming increasingly prevalent. Persona Engine emerges as a comprehensive toolkit integrating Live2D, **Large Language Models (LLM), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Text-to-Speech (TTS)**, and **Real-time Voice Cloning (RVC)**, offering users a seamless solution for creating vibrant and interactive digital characters. This engine is particularly well-suited for VTubing.

Amap announced the launch of its HumanRig technology and the open-sourcing of the industry's first large-scale dataset specifically designed for 3D humanoid character rigging. This technology aims to reduce the cost of character animation production and drive the animation industry towards greater efficiency and automation. It serves as a key infrastructure for Amap in building immersive navigation experiences.

ByteDance recently launched its new AI project, DreamActor-M1. This project aims to replicate the functionality of Runway Act-One, utilizing advanced generative AI technology to transform character performances in videos into virtual animations with improved accuracy and expressiveness. This news has quickly garnered widespread attention from the industry and netizens, seen as another significant step forward for ByteDance in the AI video generation field. Technological Breakthrough: Ambition to Surpass Runway Act-One. According to publicly available information, Drea...

Anuttacon, the mysterious AI game company founded by MiHoYo founder Cai Haoyu, recently unveiled its debut project, "Whispers From The Star." The game, under the tagline "Your conversation decides her fate," emphasizes real-time dialogue with an AI-driven character, aiming to provide players with an open-ended, personalized, and immersive experience. Players interact with the protagonist, Stella, an astrophysics student who crash-lands on an alien planet.

Hedra has announced a significant advancement in AI digital humans with the launch of its Character-3 model and Hedra Studio. This new technology enables joint reasoning across images, text, and audio, leading to more realistic and interactive digital human experiences.

On February 19, Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. announced that its multimodal creation platform 'Qingying' has formed a strategic partnership with the AI character creation platform 'NianTa'. Together, they will explore a complete path from AI character design to animation creation, and promote the technological realization of IP consistency. This collaboration aims to deeply explore the needs of secondary dimension users and AI application scenarios, providing users with higher quality generation effects and faster inference speeds.