On December 19, the “Digital Human Generation Method and Device” patent applied for by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was announced. The summary shows that digital people generated by this implementation method can be given different personalities, so that they can express their own consciousness and emotions like humans, and communicate and interact with humans more naturally.

Unlike IP-type digital people, AI digital people have stronger “professional qualities” required to interact in the fields of business, finance, live streaming, media, education, etc. According to data from Ai Media Consulting, since 2018, the AI digital human industry has entered a period of rapid development, and the volume and amount of investment and financing have grown rapidly, making it a popular track for capital layout. Huatai Securities believes that the rapid iteration of AI technology will also bring strong empowerment to the virtual digital person industry. The market size of the AI+ virtual digital person industry is expected to grow rapidly, moving towards a new stage of instrumentalization, systematization, and low cost.

According to the Finance Federation's theme library, among the relevant listed companies:

Wanxing Technology has innovated and launched a mobile virtual human interaction companion app this year. In the future, the company will continue to pay attention to the needs of the new generation of users in the field of digital creativity, integrate emerging technologies such as AI and virtual people, and create digital creative productivity tools that meet the trends of the times.

Fantuo Digital Innovation and Baidu collaborated to create Art Goose, the first virtual employee at the National Grand Theatre. As a technical supporter, Fantuo Digital Innovation provided technical support such as prototype design, model construction, fur material calculation, and skeletal binding in the upgrading of Art Goose.