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Exclusive: Samsung's NEON revealed - leaked trailer looks perfectly human!

Jan 4, 2020

NEON is here, and they weren't kidding when they said it's an artificial human. We have leaked full promo videos that were found in the source code of the official NEON website by reddit user Saniska.
Look at these people, they look like ordinary humans right? Well what if I told you, that they are computer generated images, graphics, models that are animated by an algorithm, welcome to the future.
 
Article "Neon's CEO explains artificial humans to me and I'm more confused than ever"
Pranav Mistry tells CNET to think of Neon as a confidant, a sort of virtual "dear diary" that reacts like a real person. What now?

by Shara Tibken
January 7, 2020

Article "Samsung's new Neon project is finally unveiled: It's a humanoid AI chatbot"
These realistic chatbots aren't meant to replace humans but "to make us more human." Just don't ask them for the weather forecast.

by Shara Tibken
January 7, 2020
 
Article "CES 2020 | Samsung's NEONs are basically just deepfake-esque digital assistants"
Image via Neon.lifeImage via Neon.life
Have you ever met an artificial? You will soon be able to, thanks to STAR Lab's project NEON. Despite the marketing claims of intelligent, artificial life, NEON looks more akin to a deepfake video tethered to an Internet-connected chatbot. More details will come next week at CES 2020.

by Sam Medley
January 7, 2020
 

Talking with Neon AI, Samsung’s best attempt at being human

Jan 8, 2020

Neon has built up a lot of hype at CES 2020, and we got a chance to see the first live demo in action. Neon is a lifelike avatar from a Samsung research subsidiary called Star Labs. It’s designed to look, talk and move like a human. After the demo, I had a chance to talk to Neon myself. I wanted to see if this ambitious tech could live up to the hype.
 

A closer look at NEON at CES 2020

Jan 8, 2020

Neon and its "artificial human" avatars were the first viral hit of CES. It had everything to get the internet excited: A corporate giant (the company is from Samsung's STAR Labs), buzzwords (Avatars! Realistic AI assistants!) and confusion. Redditors combed the internet for details and YouTube channel Good Content pulled together a surprisingly comprehensive dossier on a company that's barely half a year old. Neon then officially announced itself to CES in a press release rich in hyperbole, complicated machine learning jargon and a pretty opaque mission statement. There was also the promise of Neons "reacting and responding in real-time". I had to see it for myself.

"Neon’s ‘artificial human’ avatars could not live up to the CES hype"
But it wasn’t entirely the company’s fault.

by Mat Smith
January 8, 2020
 

NEON and CORE R3 demo at CES 2020

Jan 10, 2020

A NEON is an Artificial Human - a computationally created virtual being. NEONs are powered by proprietary technological platforms: CORE R3 and SPECTRA.

CORE R3, where R3 stands for Reality, Realtime and Responsive, is our proprietary technology platform that can computationally create lifelike reality that is beyond normal perception to distinguish. CORE R3 leapfrogs in the domains of Behavioral Neural Networks, Evolutionary Generative Intelligence and Computational Reality. It is inspired by the rhythmic complexities of nature and extensively trained with how humans look, behave and interact. With latency of less than a few milliseconds, CORE R3 makes it possible for NEONs to react and respond in real-time. CORE R3 can also connect to other domain-specific and value-added services.
 
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