BEIJING, May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sogou Inc.
(NYSE: SOGO) ("Sogou" or "the Company"), an innovator in search and
a leader in China's internet
industry, today jointly launched the world's first 3D AI News
Anchor with Xinhua News Agency, a national news agency in
China. The 3D AI News Anchor
features the latest generation of the Sogou AI Vocational Avatar
technology, which employs 3D modeling and cutting-edge AI
technologies to create true-to-life avatars of human beings. The
breakthrough demonstrates comprehensive improvements in movement
and flexibility, interaction capability, and applications, which
will further drive innovation in the news industry.
The debut of the 3D AI News Anchor marks a milestone for the
Sogou Vocational Avatar technology. Sogou achieved this
breakthrough by bringing together 3D and AI, which enables the
avatar to be more flexible and adaptive to different settings,
creating a seamless experience for viewers. Compared with previous
generations of Sogou's AI News Anchors, the 3D AI News Anchor
communicates visual and audio information more naturally and
smoothly in real time and in a real-life setting. Not only can the
3D AI News Anchor walk around during a broadcast, it can also
perform complex gestures.
Sogou applied cutting-edge algorithms and high-fidelity 3D
technologies used in movie productions to create the 3D avatar of
Zhao Wanwei, a real-life Xinhua reporter. Sogou's leading AI
technologies, including multi-modal recognition and synthesis,
facial recognition and animation, and transfer learning, allow the
avatar to intelligently imitate human voices, facial expressions,
lip movements, and mannerisms with only text inputs.
The 3D AI News Anchor will be reporting for Xinhua News Agency
on the Two Sessions, China's
largest annual legislative meetings, creating a new and dynamic
viewing experience.
Since the introduction of its first 2D AI News Anchor in
November 2018, Sogou has cooperated
with trusted partners at home and abroad to develop avatars that
are reshaping communications in various industries, including in
media, financial services, and the cultural industry. Leveraging
its language-centric AI technologies, Sogou also developed the
first Russian-speaking AI news presenter in 2019. Sogou's
Vocational Avatar technology has undergone multiple upgrades to
become more capable of capturing linguistic expressions, facial
expressions, and body movements.
With the development of 5G technology and holograms, Sogou will
continue to explore the application of advanced AI avatars in order
to transform the way people communicate and acquire knowledge.
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include, but are not limited to, intense competition in the market
for search and search-related services; our need to continually
innovate and adapt in order to grow our business; our reliance on
Tencent platforms for a significant
portion of our user traffic; uncertainty regarding the extent and
reach of PRC governmental regulation of sponsored search; and the
effects of the COVID-19 virus on the economy in China generally and on our business in
particular. Further information regarding these and other risks is
included in Sogou's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2019 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April
21, 2020, and other documents Sogou files with or submits to
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Sogou
Sogou Inc. (NYSE: SOGO) is an innovator in search and a leader
in China's internet industry. With
a mission to make it easy to communicate and get information, Sogou
has grown to become the second-largest search engine by mobile
queries and the fourth largest internet company by MAU in
China. Sogou has a wide range of
innovative products and services, including the Sogou Input Method,
which is the largest Chinese language input software for both
mobile and PC. Sogou is also at the forefront of AI development and
has made significant breakthroughs in voice and image technologies,
machine translation, and Q&A, which have been successfully
integrated into our products and services.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Yadan Ouyang
Brunswick Group
Tel: +86 10 5960-8600
Email: sogou@brunswickgroup.com
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