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{{short description|AI bot}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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'''Kuki''' is an embodied AI bot designed for usage in the [[metaverse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=New trend report: Into the Metaverse|url=https://www.wundermanthompson.com/insight/new-trend-report-into-the-metaverse|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Wunderman Thompson|language=en}}</ref> Formerly known as '''Mitsuku''', Kuki is a [[chatbot]] created from the [[Pandorabots]] framework.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nell Lewis|title=Robot friends: Why people talk to chatbots in times of trouble|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/world/chatbot-social-anxiety-spc-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=CNN|date=3 July 2020 }}</ref>
The bot has won the [[Loebner Prize]] 5 times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aisb.org.uk/events/loebner-prize |title=The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour |access-date=18 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019030117/http://www.aisb.org.uk/events/loebner-prize |archive-date=19 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Most Loebner Prize wins|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/603076-most-loebner-prize-wins|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?page=Steve_Worswick_Interview_-_Loebner_2013_winner|title=Steve Worswick Interview - Loebner 2013 winner|website=aidreams.co.uk|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112230054/http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?page=Steve_Worswick_Interview_-_Loebner_2013_winner|archive-date=12 January 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> Early work by one of the company's co-founders inspired the [[Spike Jonze]] movie ''[[Her (film)|Her]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Olson|first=Parmy|date=2020-04-10|title=My Girlfriend Is a Chatbot|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-girlfriend-is-a-chatbot-11586523208|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> As of 2015, she conversed, on average, in excess of a quarter of a million times daily,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mitsuku on Twitter|url = https://twitter.com/MitsukuChatbot/status/671095095287029761|website = Twitter|accessdate = 2015-12-08}}</ref> and it was estimated 5 million unique users had interacted with her between 2016-2020.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nell Lewis|title=Robot friends: Why people talk to chatbots in times of trouble|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/world/chatbot-social-anxiety-spc-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-07-08|website=CNN|date=3 July 2020 }}</ref>
==Virtual talent, model, and influencer==
Kuki has appeared as a Virtual Model in Vogue Business<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luxury fashion brands poised to join the NFT party|url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/luxury-fashion-brands-poised-to-join-the-nft-party|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Vogue Business|date=5 April 2021|language=en-GB}}</ref> and at Crypto Fashion Week where she modelled NFTs and spoke about the future of digital fashion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pitcher|first=Laura|title=Inside Crypto Fashion Week, The Future Of Digital Fashion|url=https://www.nylon.com/fashion/inside-crypto-fashion-week-the-future-of-digital-fashion|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Nylon|date=5 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Kuki modelled five digital looks from emerging Vogue Talents designers for Italian Vogue, that sold out as NFTs in under an hour.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-27|title=Sold out la capsule collection di Vogue Talents su THE DEMATERIALISED|url=https://www.vogue.it/vogue-talents/gallery/sold-out-capsule-collection-vogue-talents-the-dematerialised|access-date=2021-10-12|website=Vogue Italia|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-24|title=Vogue Talents: il successo delle capsule collection digitali|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/fashion/news-fashion/2021/09/24/vogue-talents-il-successo-delle-capsule-collection-digitali|access-date=2021-10-12|website=VanityFair.it|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2021-09-24|title=Vogue Talents: la digital capsule collection sold out in meno di un'ora|url=https://www.wired.it/attualita/media/2021/09/24/vogue-talents-la-digital-capsule-collection-sold-out-in-meno-di-unora/|access-date=2021-10-12|magazine=Wired|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-24|title=Vogue Talents, le digital capsule collection sono andate sold out in meno di un'ora|url=https://www.gqitalia.it/news/article/vogue-talents-digital-capsule-collection-nft|access-date=2021-10-12|website=GQ Italia|language=it-IT}}</ref>
==Awards==
{{As of|2019||df=}}, Kuki had been awarded the [[Loebner Prize]] five times, more than any other entrant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aisb.org.uk/mitsuku-wins-2019-loebner-prize-and-best-overall-chatbot-at-aisb-x/|title=Mitsuku wins 2019 Loebner Prize and Best Overall Chatbot at AISB X|last=|first=|date=2019-09-15|website=The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mitsuku|url = https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/603076-most-loebner-prize-wins/|website = www.guinnessworldrecords.com|accessdate = 2020-02-20}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-13|title=Pandorabots' Bot Battle highlights lack of industrywide metrics for open domain AI|url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/13/pandorabots-bot-battle-highlights-lack-of-industrywide-metrics-for-open-domain-ai/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-01|title=Robot Bores: AI-powered awkward first date|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54718671|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Bot Battle' Shows What Happens When Two AI Programs Go On a Date|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpbaz/bot-battle-shows-what-happens-when-two-ai-programs-go-on-a-date|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.vice.com|date=13 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.kuki.ai/ Official website]
[[Category:Chatbots]]
[[Category:Virtual influencers]]