Debut at "YOXO FESTIVAL 2025"! Combining AI and creativity to revitalize the region
Advanced Media Inc. (Head office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Chairman and CEO: Suzuki Kiyoyuki; hereinafter "Advanced Media") and DATTARUJIN Inc. (Head office: Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; CEO: Yamamoto Akira; hereinafter "DATTARUJIN") are pleased to announce that they have launched a development project for a voice-activated local AI character called "Minato Kurumi" with the aim of promoting projects to resolve local issues in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama.
"Minato Kurumi" will be unveiled at "YOXO FESTIVAL 2025: Experience the Future in Yokohama," which will be held in the Minato Mirai 1 district of Yokohama from Friday, January 24th to Sunday, January 26th, 21.
1983 years have passed since construction began on November 11, 8, and the Minato Mirai 41 district in Yokohama has undergone major development, growing into a vibrant city where many businesses and cultural facilities are concentrated.
In 2023, K Arena Yokohama, one of the world's largest arenas dedicated to music, will open, adding new entertainment appeal to the city as a "city of music."
With many overseas artists performing in the city, there is a need to promote the appeal of Yokohama through multilingual communication in order to widely convey the region's charms to people both at home and abroad.
In this context, as part of an effort to strengthen the promotion of the attractions of the Minato Mirai 21 district and further revitalize the area, DATTARUJIN launched a planning and development project for a local AI character, "Minato Kurumi," and Advanced Media's AI voice dialogue avatar, "AI Avatar AOI," was adopted as the dialogue system to be installed in the AI character.
This time, the No. 1 domestic market share*"AI Avatar AOI," which is equipped with AmiVoice, an AI voice recognition system from , has been selected for "Minato Kurumi (Fuwa Fuwa Mode)" due to its high voice recognition accuracy and extensive track record of implementation in local governments. In addition, since the main purpose of the system is to be used for events held in the Minato Mirai 21 district and in-store signage, the high convenience of being compatible with multiple devices, which can be used on a variety of devices, was also a deciding factor in its adoption.
"AI Avatar AOI" achieves higher quality AI dialogue by linking its own dialogue system with large-scale language models such as "ChatGPT". In addition, it utilizes a unique filtering function to avoid inappropriate terms and unintended responses, and a dictionary registration function that converts technical terms and proper nouns into text with high accuracy, making it possible to have conversations suited to a variety of uses.
"Minato Kurumi" will be unveiled at DATTARUJIN's booth at "YOXO FESTIVAL 2025." This event aims to raise awareness of Yokohama as a business area by promoting the event both domestically and internationally, by exhibiting technologies and services based on the concept of "Experience the Future in Yokohama," allowing visitors to experience innovation.
Advanced Media will provide AI technology to DATTARUJIN through the development of "Minato Kurumi," and promote new initiatives that combine creativity. This will bring new possibilities to solving local issues and help contribute to the revitalization of the region.
There are also concerns that the increased automation of jobs by AI could affect human employment. In response to such threats, Advanced Media aims to realize AISH (AI Super Humanization), where AI technology supports people and allows them to engage in more advanced and creative work, creating a society in which people and AI grow together.
| Overview of exhibitors at "YOXO FESTIVAL 2025 - Experience the Future in Yokohama" | |
|---|---|
| Period | 2025/1/24 (Fri) -26th (Sun) |
| Exhibition Booth | G_Queen Mall *Booth details will be announced at a later date. |
| Exhibition contents | Voice dialogue experience with Kurumi Minato |
| Participation benefits | Those who follow the Instagram account at the venue will receive a special Minato Kurumi balloon. *Please note that the contents may be subject to change. |
| Official Website | https://yoxo-o.jp/yoxofestival/ |
About AI voice dialogue avatar “AI Avatar AOI”
"AI Avatar AOI" uses AI voice dialogue to respond to customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without human intervention, helping to reduce the manpower required to respond to inquiries, alleviating labor shortages at companies, and strengthening customer contact points in remote environments. In addition, by linking its unique dialogue system with ChatGPT, it is possible to respond flexibly and in a variety of ways while reproducing the original character's personality and speaking style. The avatar's appearance and voice synthesis can also be customized according to the user.
The results of voice recognition and the contents of the automatic responses can be checked and edited from the management screen, and the data can be analyzed and used for marketing, etc. In addition to Japanese, you can also speak to the system in English, Chinese, etc., and the character will respond to questions in multiple languages in real time through voice recognition.
https://www.advanced-media.co.jp/products/service/ai-avatar-aoi
*Source: ecarlate LLC “Speech Recognition Market Trends 2024” Speech Recognition Software/Cloud Service Market
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