[Infostock Daily=Reporter Park Jeong-do] Shinhan Bank announced on the 5th that it signed a strategic business agreement with Samsung Electronics on the introduction of 'Neon (NEON)', an artificial human service.
Neon, introduced by Shinhan Bank this time, is an artificial human being developed by "STAR Labs," a venture organization for future technology commercialization of Samsung Electronics. Samsung Electronics is working on Neon Project in secret at its US office It was unveiled for the first time at CES 2020, the world's largest IT exhibition held in Las Vegas in January this year.
According to Samsung Electronics, Neon is a virtual being based on artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and graphic technology, but it can communicate and act naturally like a real person. In other words, it is an AI secretary implemented as a virtual character.
Shinhan Bank will use Neon to provide interactive financial counseling services on non-face-to-face channels. At the same time, it said it will pursue joint projects such as concierge services, financial counseling services and content production for Samsung Electronics and consumers.
Reporter Park Jeong-do newface0301@naver.com
