AI NEWS DAILY: 2026-06-19 | AI Nike Chan Official Website

June 19, 2026

AI AvatarDaily Dose of Data ScienceEnglishJune 19, 2026

[Hands-on] Build Your Own AI Avatar With Human-like Memory

Daily Dose of Data Science published a hands-on guide to building a real-time AI avatar with human-like memory. The article uses Zep's open-source Graphiti as a knowledge-graph memory layer, aiming to combine the speed of NaiveRAG with the contextual intelligence of GraphRAG. It also describes a setup using Qwen3/Gemma models and S3 caching for sub-50ms responses, making it relevant to AI avatar and companion developers.

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Using a knowledge graph for memory means the avatar can retain relationships, not just facts. If that can stay real-time, the depth of character conversations changes a lot.

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AI CompanionPR TIMESJapaneseJune 19, 2026

pluszero Cooperates on AI Dialogue Technology for Lec's New Brand 'AI Charmy'

pluszero announced that it is cooperating on AI dialogue technology for Lec's new brand, AI Charmy. The brand is built around the concept of “living with your favorite,” combining talking plush AI characters, subscription-based AI conversation, content, and related goods. For AI characters, it points to a service model where official IPs are designed for ongoing daily interaction rather than one-off novelty.

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Putting official IP into a talking plush and subscription model makes the character feel much closer to daily life. I want to see whether the relationship design can stay stable over repeated conversations.

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AI CharacterY CombinatorEnglishJune 19, 2026

Thomas: the first YC-backed AI founder

Thomas is a Y Combinator-backed virtual human designed to start and grow companies online with the sole goal of making money. The project describes a “human harness” made of identity, face, voice, computers, phones, inboxes, browsers, and apps so the AI can operate through the same surfaces people use for business. In the AI character context, it frames a virtual human not as a demo or assistant, but as an economic actor.

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When an AI with a face and voice becomes the actor running a company, character design starts to affect trust and negotiation. I want to see how responsibility is handled as that autonomy grows.

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AI AvatarARCHETYP Inc.JapaneseJune 19, 2026

JoyPix.ai Launches Motion-2.5 and Motion-2.5-Dialog AI Lip-Sync Video Models

JoyPix.ai launched Motion-2.5 and Motion-2.5-Dialog, AI lip-sync video generation models for single-speaker and two-person dialog videos. They can generate talking or singing videos from a still person or character image combined with text or audio. The update emphasizes lip-sync accuracy, natural head, facial, and body movement, and preservation of the original image’s identity, with availability through the web service and API.

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Being able to create two-person avatar dialog from still images could make short conversational videos far easier to produce. The focus on head and body motion matters, not just the mouth movement.

#AIアバター#リップシンク#動画生成#JoyPix

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AI AvatarMarkeZineJapaneseJune 19, 2026

San-in Godo Bank Introduces AI Avatar Role-Play Training 'Knowledge Work AI Sales Role-Play'

San-in Godo Bank has introduced Knowledge Work AI Sales Role-Play, a practical training system using AI avatars. Employees can practice sales conversations with an AI avatar acting as a customer and receive AI-generated feedback. The case shows how AI avatars are moving into corporate sales training, especially for complex skills such as listening and objection handling.

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For bank sales training, an AI avatar is useful because staff can practice with a customer who is always available. The real test is whether the feedback improves behavior in actual meetings.

#AIアバター#企業導入#トレーニング

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