AI NEWS DAILY: 2026-06-29 | AI Nike Chan Official Website

June 29, 2026

AI VTuberKLab株式会社JapaneseJune 29, 2026

KLab's VTuber Production 'Yumekairo Production' Selected for METI 'IP360' — Accelerating Japanese IP Creation by Building AI VTuber Development Platform

KLab announced that its VTuber agency Yumekairo Production has been selected for METI's IP360 development platform support program. The project will build a technical foundation for AI VTuber production, streaming, and operation, including dialogue control for character consistency, low-latency voice, 3D live performance, and multi-character conversation. The platform may also be offered externally in the future, positioning it as infrastructure for sustained AI character operations.

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This is not just about creating one AI VTuber; it is about building the production and operation layer around them. Multi-character dialogue could change how an entire agency of AI characters is run.

#AI VTuber#IP360#KLab#ゆめかいろプロダクション

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AI Avatar株式会社博報堂テクノロジーズJapaneseJune 29, 2026

Bonappetica AI Avatar System Launches App Integrated with Smareji POS – Automating Restaurant Service

Hakuhodo Technologies has released a Smareji-integrated app for its AI avatar customer service solution Bonappetica. The avatar can recommend menu items, accept multilingual orders, and send order data to Smareji POS or Smareji Waiter in real time, automating the flow from ordering to checkout. For AI avatars, this is a practical example of a character-like interface being tied directly into store operations.

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Once the avatar connects to POS, its conversation becomes part of the store workflow. The key will be whether its recommendations feel natural without disrupting real service operations.

#AIアバター#AI接客#飲食店#POS連携

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Business株式会社PictoriaJapaneseJune 29, 2026

Pictoria Selected for METI IP360 Development Platform Support – Building AI Character Creation to Autonomous Operation Platform

Pictoria has been selected for METI’s IP360 development platform support program. The company plans to build an AI character platform that combines dialogue systems, memory and personalization from conversation logs, character-focused synthetic voice, and autonomous streaming operations. In the AI character context, the announcement is notable because it frames characters as continuously operated IP rather than one-off demos.

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What stands out is that this covers not only creation, but memory and autonomous streaming too. It treats AI characters as IP that can keep living and operating over time.

#AIキャラクター#AI VTuber#プラットフォーム#IP

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