Kuki AI

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Kuki is an embodied AI bot designed for usage in the metaverse. [1] Formerly known as Mitsuku, Kuki is a chatbot created from the Pandorabots framework. [2]

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The bot has won the Loebner Prize 5 times. [3] [4]

Features

Kuki claims to be an 18-year-old female chatbot from the Metaverse, and the developers have stated she has been worked on since 2005. [5] Early work by one of the company's co-founders inspired the Spike Jonze movie Her . [6] As of 2015, she conversed, on average, in excess of a quarter of a million times daily, [7] and it was estimated 5 million unique users had interacted with her between 2016-2020. [8]

Virtual talent, model, and influencer

Kuki has appeared as a Virtual Model in Vogue Business [9] and at Crypto Fashion Week where she modelled NFTs and spoke about the future of digital fashion. [10]

In 2021, Kuki modelled five digital looks from emerging Vogue Talents designers for Italian Vogue, that sold out as NFTs in under an hour. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Awards

As of 2019, Kuki had been awarded the Loebner Prize five times, more than any other entrant. [15] [16]

In 2020, Kuki competed against Facebook AI's Blenderbot in a 24/7 verbal sparring match called "Bot Battle", winning 79% of the audience vote. [17] [18] [19]

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