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How experiential AI brings Albert Einstein back to life as a digital companion

Powered by UneeQ’s state-of-the-art digital human platform, Digital Einstein recreates Einstein’s personality traits and mannerisms.

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UneeQ, a United States and New Zealand-based digital human company, announced the launch of Digital Einstein, part of UneeQ’s new Companions series, on the company blog.

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This comes on the occasion of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize in Physics. UneeQ has remastered Albert Einstein as a digital human driven by conversational and experiential AI.

Digital Einstein is the next evolution of human-to-machine interaction, leveraging digital humans to drive personality-led engagements that move customers, patients, students and end users beyond transactions and into meaningful, emotional interactions.

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Powered by UneeQ’s state-of-the-art digital human platform, Digital Einstein recreates Einstein’s personality traits and mannerisms and is available to anyone who would like to speak with him, 24 hours a day.

UneeQ partnered with several companies for the project including Aflorithmic (Digital Einstein’s voice), Goodbye Kansas Studios (Digital Einstein artist rendering), and WolframAlpha (Digital Einstein’s intellectual responses). Einstein’s likeness, and rights to his research were provided by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Greenlight, a subsidiary of BEN Group Inc. and a global rights clearance and licensing business who works to ensure Einstein’s legacy and research have a lasting impact on society.

Digital Einstein can test an individual’s knowledge on a variety of topics through his daily quiz, or they can have a personal conversation about his life’s work and research. The Digital Einstein also serves as a companion for those most suffering from the continued isolation and loneliness felt during the past year.

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“Mental health and companionship are long-standing problems facing our society today, of which COVID-19 has significantly exacerbated,” said Danny Tomsett, CEO of UneeQ.

“As part of our new Companions series, Digital Einstein, among other digital humans, can communicate with people in a way that comes most naturally – using conversation, human expressions and emotional responses to best provide daily interactions that we hope make a difference in people’s lives.”

In some studies, digital humans have been found to negate people’s concerns around judgment, shame or guilt – emotional roadblocks that deter many from confiding and trusting fundamental human interactions. UneeQ Companions help bridge that gap through tone of voice and human-like expressions that allow the digital human to show sympathy, warmth, excitement, friendliness and empathy.

“Albert Einstein, a founding father of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is considered one of the greatest scientists of all time. His work is the basis for our understanding of the universe and its development. We were delighted to work with UneeQ on this groundbreaking project, knowing that Einstein’s legacy continues to educate and guide the minds of tomorrow through interactive AI technology,” said Yishai M. Fraenkel, Vice President and Director General, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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