AI NEWS DAILY: 2026-08-11 | AI Nike Chan Official Website

August 11, 2026

AI Avatar長瀞町観光協会JapaneseAugust 11, 2026

Toronyan 3D AI Avatar Now Available on Smartphones and More

Nagatoro Town Tourism Association announced that the Toronyan 3D AI Avatar, currently being tested in Nagatoro Town through the end of August, can now be accessed from PCs and smartphones. Two versions are in operation: one for town office counter guidance and one for tourism information. The avatar answers questions about administrative procedures, FAQs, events such as the Nagatoro Funadama Festival, sightseeing spots, and access information using voice and text, with multilingual support.

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Moving Toronyan from signage to smartphones makes the character feel less like a fixed kiosk and more like a travel companion. I would watch how naturally the multilingual guidance works in real visitor use.

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BusinessWowtaleEnglishAugust 11, 2026

Bunkerkids Raises $9.7M Series A to Scale AI Character Chat Platform WHIF Across Asia

Korean startup Bunkerkids raised $9.7 million in Series A funding to expand WHIF, its AI character chat platform, across Asia. WHIF lets users build relationships and evolving stories through conversations with AI characters, while also creating and sharing their own characters. The article highlights rapid payment growth, international expansion to 13 countries, and plans for multimodal image and video features.

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WHIF's focus on relationships and evolving stories gives the platform more than a chatbot feel. Scaling across markets will likely depend on character tone and emotional distance, not only localization.

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Toolsnote.comJapaneseAugust 11, 2026

Let's Make an AITuber This Summer! [2026 Summer Latest] Complete Summary of AITuber & AI Character Creation Tools — From Streaming Tools to Chat AI and PNGtuber

This note article organizes 2026 summer tools for creating AITubers and AI characters by role, including streaming, chat AI, voice synthesis, PNGtuber, Live2D, VRM, and OBS workflows. It covers tools such as AITuber OnAir, AITuberKit, AITuberFlow, Open-LLM-VTuber, AIRI, and iMATE Engine. The article frames the current tool landscape as practical enough for individual creators to launch an AI character during summer break.

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A role-by-role map of streaming, voice, visuals, and operations is useful for new creators. For AITubers, tool choices can shape how the character feels, not just how it runs.

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