iFlyVoice Studio Officially Becomes Exclusive AI Technology Supplier for "China House" at the 2024 Olympic Games

On July 24, China House officially opened its doors to the public at the Paris Olympic Games. As the exclusive AI technology provider for China House at the 2024 Olympic Games, iFLYTEK and iFlyVoice Studio, together with two mysterious guests, successfully moved in, helping China House build an accessible cultural exchange platform to showcase the Chinese spirit of sports and the country’s strength to the world.

The two mysterious guests turned out to be AI versions of Zhang Yufei and Zou Jingyuan, virtual athletes custom-created by iFlyVoice Studio specifically for this Olympic Games. Leveraging AI avatar technology, iFlyVoice Studio has produced a highly realistic 1:1 reproduction of Zhang Yufei’s and Zou Jingyuan's appearance, physique and expressions, showcasing the athletic prowess and confidence of Chinese athletes through the power of technology.

01  Chat "Face-to-face" with Olympic Champions

 "Hello, I'm Zhang Yufei. It’s a pleasure to chat with you!" Have you ever imagined how exciting having a face-to-face conversation with an Olympic champion would be? During the Paris Olympics, come to China House and make this dream a reality.

AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan integrate iFlyVoice Studio's speech synthesis, speech recognition, semantic understanding, image processing and other AI technologies. Visitors can simply stand in front of the virtual athletes and have "face-to-face" interactions with them. The two AI athletes also boast a powerful and unique skill—accurate sound pickup in strong interference scenarios. In noisy and crowded environments, when even keen human hearing can struggle, AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan have broken through sound pickup barriers and penetrated noise barriers to accurately capture the interlocutor’s voice and provide appropriate answers in real time thanks to multi-person mixed-scenario speech tranion technology. With the magical power of AI, the distance between Olympic champions and audiences has been infinitely shortened and communication has become unprecedentedly real and vivid.

02  Seamlessly Switching Between Chinese, English and French; Breaking Down Language Barriers

“Hello! I’m Zou Jingyuan. It’s my pleasure to communicate with you”“Bonjour! Je suis ZOU Jingyuan. Enchantée de communiquer avec vous.”

“Hello! I’m Zou Jingyuan. It’s my pleasure to communicate with you.” “Bonjour! Je suis Zou Jingyuan. Enchantée de communiquer avec vous.” Without the need for manual language switching or translation devices, AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan can effortlessly switch between Chinese, English and French on a single device, interacting with athletes and spectators from all over the world.

During the Olympics, China House will open its doors to welcome athletes and spectators from all over the world. To enable AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan to quickly switch and communicate in different languages, iFlyVoice Studio, as the exclusive supplier of AI avatar technology for this event, has innovatively proposed a "multi-language free switching" technology solution. Through shared multi-language modeling unit technology, combined with multi-language data pre-training based on meta-learning, dual data augmentation and decoding modules based on language family grouping, it solves key problems such as automatic multi-language recognition, cross-language knowledge sharing and multi-language semantic understanding, realizing "free dialogue" across languages. With the help of "multi-language intelligent speech technology," the AI virtual athletes can now communicate seamlessly in multiple languages, just like a human fluent in many tongues. At last communication can transcend national and language boundaries.

03  Continuous Learning: Large Model Infuses AI Athletes with a "Soul"

The Olympics is not only a top global sports competition but also a world-class cultural exchange event. AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan must not only overcome language barriers but also be prepared to answer countless questions from athletes and spectators from different cultural backgrounds. "What are the major rule changes for the events at the Paris Olympics?" "What are China's strongest events at the Paris Olympics?" "What is the origin of the Olympic movement?" "Where is the restroom?" Whether popularizing Olympic knowledge, providing information about the competition, or answering questions about local surroundings, AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan are equipped to handle all queries with ease.

Behind this powerful knowledge base lies the support of the iFLYTEK SPARK Large Model. Based on a continuous learning mechanism combining big data and algorithms, the model endows AI avatars with strong information processing and knowledge comprehension capabilities. After technical personnel pre-load the system with knowledge documents related to the Olympics and the Paris Olympics, AI Zhang Yufei and AI Zou Jingyuan can leverage the large model's autonomous learning ability to continuously evolve based on data and accurately answer every question the audience may have.

As a pioneer of AI avatar R&D in China, iFLYTEK is a prominent player in major global sporting events. iFlyVoice Studio's AI avatars have graced the stages of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games and the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023. By utilizing AI technology, iFLYTEK has built barrier-free communication and display platforms for global partners, ensuring the smooth operation of these events. Looking ahead, iFLYTEK and iFlyVoice Studio are committed to pushing the boundaries of AI.

Let's all cheer on the Olympic athletes as they strive for glory in Paris!