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World’s first AI child unveiled in Beijing by award-winning Chinese scientist who left US for China
- The AI entity has been unveiled at an exhibition by the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence
- Called Tong Tong, or Little Girl, she can assign herself tasks, learn autonomously and explore her environment
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Zhang Tongin Beijing
Science fiction has now become reality with the creation of Tong Tong, a girl who is the world’s first virtual artificial intelligence (AI) entity, developed by Chinese scientists.
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Tong Tong, or Little Girl in English, the AI entity was unveiled at the Frontiers of General Artificial Intelligence Technology Exhibition held in Beijing on January 28-29, under the auspices of the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI).
There, exhibition visitors could interact with Tong Tong. When programmed to like things tidy, she would fix a crooked picture frame on her own. If the frame was too high for her to reach, she would find a stool so she could straighten it without any help from a human. Also, if someone spilled milk, she would find a towel and clean it up by herself, showing her ability to interpret human intentions.
Unlike popular large language models in AI, Tong Tong can independently assign tasks to herself, ranging from exploring her environment to tidying rooms and cleaning stains.
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