Dex is a DJ and aspiring model. She’s also not real. “Digital humans” like Dex are being created to make chatbots more approachable.
“She’s probably one of the only digital humans in the performance space that you can have a conversation and interact with,” says Denise Harris, CCO of startup Sum Vivas. The company is now developing digital humans that can “listen” to people’s questions and converse in real time.