Kuki AI

Kuki is an embodied AI bot designed for usage in the metaverse.[1] Formerly known as Mitsuku, Kuki is a chatbot created from the Pandorabots framework.[2]

The bot has won the Loebner Prize 5 times.[3][4]

Features

Kuki claims to be an 18-year-old female chatbot from the Metaverse, and the developers have stated she has been worked on since 2005.[5] Early work by one of the company's co-founders inspired the Spike Jonze movie Her.[6] As of 2015, she conversed, on average, in excess of a quarter of a million times daily,[7] and it was estimated 5 million unique users had interacted with her between 2016-2020.[8]

Virtual talent, model, and influencer

Kuki has appeared as a Virtual Model in Vogue Business[9] and at Crypto Fashion Week where she modelled NFTs and spoke about the future of digital fashion.[10]

In 2021, Kuki modelled five digital looks from emerging Vogue Talents designers for Italian Vogue, that sold out as NFTs in under an hour.[11][12][13][14]

Awards

As of 2019, Kuki had been awarded the Loebner Prize five times, more than any other entrant.[15][16]

In 2020, Kuki competed against Facebook AI's Blenderbot in a 24/7 verbal sparring match called "Bot Battle", winning 79% of the audience vote.[17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ "New trend report: Into the Metaverse". Wunderman Thompson. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Nell Lewis (3 July 2020). "Robot friends: Why people talk to chatbots in times of trouble". CNN. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ "The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour". Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Most Loebner Prize wins". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Steve Worswick Interview - Loebner 2013 winner". aidreams.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ Olson, Parmy (10 April 2020). "My Girlfriend Is a Chatbot". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Mitsuku on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  8. ^ Nell Lewis (3 July 2020). "Robot friends: Why people talk to chatbots in times of trouble". CNN. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Luxury fashion brands poised to join the NFT party". Vogue Business. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ Pitcher, Laura (5 March 2021). "Inside Crypto Fashion Week, The Future Of Digital Fashion". Nylon. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Sold out la capsule collection di Vogue Talents su THE DEMATERIALISED". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Vogue Talents: il successo delle capsule collection digitali". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Vogue Talents: la digital capsule collection sold out in meno di un'ora". Wired (in Italian). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Vogue Talents, le digital capsule collection sono andate sold out in meno di un'ora". GQ Italia (in Italian). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Mitsuku wins 2019 Loebner Prize and Best Overall Chatbot at AISB X". The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Mitsuku". www.guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Pandorabots' Bot Battle highlights lack of industrywide metrics for open domain AI". VentureBeat. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Robot Bores: AI-powered awkward first date". BBC News. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  19. ^ "'Bot Battle' Shows What Happens When Two AI Programs Go On a Date". www.vice.com. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.