Virtual humans extend their stage to the real world
There is more than one title to call virtual avatars – virtual humans, digital beings. Introductions of generative technologies in recent years have paced the emergence of virtual people. People can make the face of a non-existent person within a matter of
Twitch to leave South Korea due to ‘prohibitively expensive’ costs
Video streaming platform Twitch announced its plan to exit South Korea on February 27, leaving many viewers and livestreamers to find a service that can replace it. In a blog post in December 2023, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said that the platform
Twitch: backtrack on fictionalized nudity created with AI
Very quick backtrack so as not to continue to have problems with explicit sex. This is what Twitch has done, with an update cancelling what it had decided 48 hours earlier on AI-related full nude images. Faced with continued insistence
Twitch to shut down in South Korea due to high costs
By Hyunsu Yim (Reuters) - Amazon's streaming unit Twitch on Tuesday said it will shut down operations in South Korea in February next year, due to high operating costs and network fees. "Twitch has been operating in Korea at a significant loss,
OpenAI appoints new boss as Altman joins Microsoft in Silicon Valley twist
By Stephanie Kelly, Jeffrey Dastin and Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join backer Microsoft in a surprise turn of events for the startup