{"rewrite":{"id":"r_21809cd38ab949549dea4a46","clusterId":"c_3aa668e530894fe8939a0595","slug":"pictoria-develops-ai-suntori-an-ai-version-of-suntory-vtuber-suntori-nomu","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Pictoria Develops AI Suntori, an AI Version of Suntory Vtuber Suntori Nomu","summary":"Pictoria has developed AI Suntori Nomu, an AI version of Suntory's official VTuber Suntori Nomu, along with a collaborative streaming application that allows human and AI to converse in the same streaming space. A collaborative stream between the original and AI versions was held on May 26. The company says the AI is not meant to replace Suntori Nomu but to expand possibilities for communication and expression.","whyItMatters":"The project represents a corporate VTuber being paired with an AI version of itself in a live co-streaming format, treating the AI as a co-star rather than a standalone comment responder.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePictoria, a company developing IP creation businesses using AI, announced it has built AI Suntori Nomu, an AI version of Suntory's official VTuber Suntori Nomu. The company also developed a streaming application that lets a human performer and the AI character converse in the same streaming space in real time. A collaborative stream between the original Suntori Nomu and AI Suntori Nomu was held on May 26. Pictoria stated the AI is not intended to replace Suntori Nomu's activities but to explore new possibilities for communication and expression. The AI's responses were designed to match Suntori Nomu's personality, way of speaking, and vocal nuances, with adjustments to the synthetic voice focusing on sentence endings and intonation.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Pictoria built AI Suntori Nomu as a co-star, not a replacement. The collaborative streaming app lets human and AI host together, a format shift from the usual AI-reacts-to-comments model.","twitterPost":"Pictoria's AI Suntori Nomu is a co-star, not a replacement. The streaming app enables human-AI duet hosting, moving past the solo AI reactor format.","threadsPost":"Pictoria's AI Suntori Nomu is explicitly not a replacement. The company designed a streaming app where human and AI host together in real time, a departure from the typical AI-reacts-to-chat setup. The emphasis is on preserving Suntori Nomu's voice and personality through synthetic voice tuning and response design, aiming for natural conversation rather than Q\u0026A.","newsletterBlurb":"Pictoria has developed AI Suntori Nomu, an AI version of Suntory's official VTuber Suntori Nomu, along with a collaborative streaming application that enables real-time conversation between a human performer and the AI character. A collaborative stream between the original and AI versions was held on May 26. 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