A "seven-year-old" artificial intelligence (AI) bot has been granted residency in Tokyo's central Shibuya district. The boy, named Shibuya Mirai, does not physically exist but has text conversations with users of the popular Line messaging app. ’s first — AI bot to be granted a place on a real-life local registry. According to a report by Japanese news site Nikkei, Shibuya Mirage is able to communicate via text, voice and video chat.
A "seven-year-old" artificial intelligence (AI) bot has been granted residency in Tokyo's central Shibuya district. The boy, named Shibuya Mirai, does not physically exist but has text conversations with users of the popular Line messaging app. According to a report by Japanese news site Nikkei, Shibuya Mirage is able to communicate via text, voice and video chat.