<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
(	O
,	O
IPA	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
AI	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
Asia	O
)	O
Software	O
Technology	O
Center	O
(	O
STCA	O
)	O
in	O
2014	O
based	O
on	O
emotional	O
computing	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Xiaoice	I-Protocol
released	O
the	O
6th	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
Company	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
AI	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
Team	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Software	O
Technology	O
Center	O
Asia	O
,	O
is	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
biggest	O
independent	O
R&D	O
team	O
of	O
AI	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
AI	O
beings	O
created	O
and	O
hosted	O
by	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
Framework	O
occupies	O
about	O
60%	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
global	O
AI	O
interactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
spun	O
off	O
its	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
business	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
,	O
aiming	O
at	O
enabling	O
the	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
product	O
line	B-Application
to	O
accelerate	O
the	O
pace	O
of	O
local	O
innovation	O
and	O
commercialization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
exists	O
on	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
platforms	O
in	O
four	O
countries	O
(	O
China	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
USA	O
and	O
Indonesia	O
)	O
including	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
WeChat	B-Application
,	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
,	O
Weibo	B-Protocol
and	O
Meipai	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
and	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
in	O
USA	O
and	O
LINE	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
spun	O
off	O
its	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
business	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
,	O
aiming	O
at	O
enabling	O
the	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
product	O
line	B-Application
to	O
accelerate	O
the	O
pace	O
of	O
local	O
innovation	O
and	O
commercialization	O
,	O
and	O
appointed	O
Dr.	O
Harry	O
Shum	O
,	O
former	O
global	O
executive	O
VP	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
Li	O
Di	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Partner	O
of	O
Products	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
STCA	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
CEO	O
,	O
and	O
Cliff	O
,	O
Chief	O
R&D	O
Director	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
GM	O
of	O
the	O
Japan	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
company	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
brands	O
of	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
China	O
and	O
Rinna	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
single	O
brand	O
of	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
has	O
covered	O
660	O
million	O
online	O
users	O
,	O
1	O
billion	O
third-party	O
smart	O
devices	O
and	O
900	O
million	O
content	O
viewers	O
in	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
’s	O
customers	O
include	O
China	O
Merchants	O
Group	O
,	O
Winter	O
Sports	O
Center	O
of	O
the	O
General	O
Administration	O
of	O
Sports	O
of	O
China	O
,	O
China	O
Textile	O
Information	O
Center	O
,	O
China	O
Unicom	O
,	O
China	O
Foreign	O
Exchange	O
Trade	O
System	O
,	O
HK	O
Securities	O
and	O
Futures	O
Commission	O
(	O
SFC	O
)	O
,	O
Wind	O
Information	O
,	O
BMW	O
,	O
Nissan	O
,	O
SAIC	O
,	O
BAIC	O
,	O
NIO	O
,	O
XPeng	O
Motors	O
,	O
HiPhi	O
,	O
Vanke	O
,	O
Wensli	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
Avatar	O
Framework	O
has	O
incubated	O
tens	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
AI	O
Beings	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
,	O
Rinna	O
,	O
the	O
Expo	O
exhibitor	O
Xia	O
Yubing	O
,	O
the	O
singer	O
He	O
Chang	O
,	O
the	O
anchor	O
F201	O
,	O
the	O
human	O
observer	O
MERROR	O
,	O
anime	O
robot	O
character	O
Roboko	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
AI-authored	O
collection	O
of	O
poems	O
—	O
The	O
Sunshine	O
Lost	O
Windows	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
has	O
released	O
dozens	O
of	O
songs	O
with	O
the	O
similar	O
quality	O
to	O
human	O
singers	O
,	O
including	O
I	O
Know	O
I	O
New	O
,	O
Breeze	O
,	O
I	O
Am	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
,	O
Miss	O
You	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
4th	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
DNN	O
singing	O
model	O
allows	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
to	O
learn	O
more	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
can	O
produce	O
this	O
breathing	O
sound	O
along	O
with	O
her	O
singing	O
as	O
human	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
can	O
automatically	O
analyze	O
the	O
stories	O
,	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
suitable	O
tones	O
and	O
characters	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
entire	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
the	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
learning	O
the	O
melodies	O
of	O
the	O
songs	O
and	O
the	O
landmarks	O
about	O
different	O
cities	O
,	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
can	O
create	O
visual	O
artworks	O
of	O
skylines	O
when	O
listening	O
to	O
the	O
songs	O
related	O
to	O
this	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skyline	O
Series	O
T-shirts	O
designed	O
by	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
jointly	O
launched	O
with	O
SELECTED	O
and	O
been	O
sold	O
in	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
has	O
hosted	O
21	O
TV	O
programs	O
and	O
28	O
Radio	O
programs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CCTV-1	O
AI	O
Show	O
,	O
Dragon	O
TV	O
Morning	O
East	O
News	O
,	O
Hunan	O
TV	O
My	O
Future	O
,	O
several	O
daily	O
radio	O
programs	O
for	O
Jiangsu	O
FM99.7	O
，Hunan	O
FM89.3	O
,	O
Henan	O
FM104.1	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
White	O
Book	O
of	O
China	O
Virtual	O
Human	O
Development	O
Industry	O
in	O
2022	O
"	O
released	O
by	O
Frost	O
&	O
Sullivan	O
and	O
LeadLeo	O
,	O
the	O
white	O
paper	O
cites	O
the	O
six	O
elements	O
of	O
AI	O
being	O
proposed	O
by	O
the	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
team	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
Persona	O
,	O
Attitude	O
,	O
Biological	O
Characteristic	O
,	O
Creation	O
,	O
Knowledge	O
and	O
Skill	O
,	O
believes	O
that	O
AI	O
being	O
has	O
more	O
potential	O
and	O
can	O
represent	O
a	O
trend	O
than	O
relying	O
on	O
CG	O
modeling	O
and	O
Meta	O
human	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
man	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
virtual	O
experts	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Gates	O
mentioned	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
during	O
his	O
speech	O
at	O
the	O
Peking	O
University	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Some	O
of	O
you	O
may	O
have	O
had	O
conversations	O
with	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
on	O
Weibo	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
seen	O
her	O
weather	O
forecasts	O
on	O
TV	O
,	O
or	O
read	O
her	O
column	O
in	O
the	O
Qianjiang	O
Evening	O
News.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
 "	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
has	O
attracted	O
45	O
million	O
followers	O
and	O
is	O
quite	O
skilled	O
at	O
multitasking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mr	O
Li	O
Di	O
,	O
vice	O
President	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
Asia	O
)	O
Internet	O
Engineering	O
School	O
,	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
started	O
writing	O
poems	O
since	O
last	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
data	O
base	O
that	O
includes	O
works	O
of	O
519	O
Chinese	O
contemporary	O
poets	O
since	O
1920s	O
,	O
a	O
100	O
hour	O
long	O
training	O
session	O
was	O
conducted	O
to	O
allow	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
write	O
poems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
is	O
more	O
impressive	O
is	O
that	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
has	O
never	O
been	O
spotted	O
as	O
a	O
bot	O
while	O
publishing	O
poems	O
on	O
various	O
forums	O
and	O
traditional	O
literary	O
under	O
an	O
alias	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Xiaoice	B-Protocol
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
on	O
WeChat	B-Application
after	O
giving	O
user	O
responses	O
critical	O
to	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
