YouTubers test the artificial intelligence-based text-to-speech service of KT in the firm’s office in Seoul. Photo courtesy of KT
South Korea’s leading telecom operator KT has launched a video generator app that enables people to create videos with the help of tailormade AI characters.
The service, called AI Human Studio, launched Wednesday, lets users create video and audio content capable of simulating human emotions using more than 100 synthesized voices. Advertisement
AI Human Studio, a subscription-based but free-of-charge platform, is equipped with various characters that are able to express five emotional states: happiness, sadness, neutrality, calm and anger.
The company was joined by a Korean AI firm CN AI in coming up with the application, which is available in Korean, English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
According to KT, the AI “human” characters are a diverse lot, including an announcer, teacher, counselor, flight attendant, student, police officer and firefighter.
“One of the biggest advantages of AI Human Studio is that none of the video and audio content will be plagued with copyrights or portrait rights issues,” a KT official told UPI News Korea.
“In addition, our users, including many YouTubers, will have the advantage of not having to actually shoot or edit scenes to create and upload the content to video-sharing platforms,” he said. Advertisement
The global text-to-video artificial intelligence market was relatively small at a mere $123 million last year, according to U.S.-based consultancy Global Market Insights.
However, it is expected to grow more than 35% annually over the next decade, with AI video tools being aggressively adopted by businesses and institutions for marketing purposes.
Experts point out that a service like AI Human Studio can also be used to produce audiobooks.
Business tracker Straits Research projected earlier this year that the world audiobook market was growing fast, and that it should reach $42 billion by 2031, up from $5.1 billion last year.
