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China sees wide application of digital humans
By Li Xueqin
The National Museum of China, together with Chinese tech giant Tencent, has created an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital tour guide that is able to introduce to visitors the 1.4 million antique items collected by the museum.
The digital human, Ai Wenwen, can update and enrich its knowledge base through machine learning and thus provide better services for visitors from across the world.
This is just a miniature of digital humans entering the daily life of the Chinese people. With the development of AI and virtual reality, digital humans are frequently seen at cultural and tourism sites providing personalized services. The application of digital human is becoming a new trend in the digitalization of the cultural and tourism industry.
Modeled on the flying Apsaras, the celestial singers and dancers of Mogao Caves’ murals in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu province, virtual maiden Tianyu has been created to acquaint the world with Chinese heritage and culture.
The National Center for the Performing Arts has launched a goose-themed virtual mascot with tech giant Baidu that is knowledgeable and able to have conversations with visitors.
In east China’s Zhejiang province, where Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) locates, virtual singer and host Gu Xiaoyu has been created to promote the culture of the Song poetry.
Shaanxi in northwest China also launched a virtual human Qin Xiaoya to make the local Qinqiang Opera known to more people in the world.
To make a digital human, model binding, motion capture, real-time rendering and other steps are needed, which call for the use of massive frontier technologies such as augmented reality and deep learning.
Shen Yang, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, noted that breakthroughs made in machine learning, deep learning and semantic understanding technologies, accelerated development of 3D imaging sensing, improved arithmetic and faster communication all provide a technical guarantee for the development of digital humans.
A report issued by the media big data center of the State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication under the Communication University of China divided the most applied and popular digital humans into three types, namely virtual idols, virtual employees and virtual hosts.
According to the report, these three types feature the highest commercialization value and are the most welcomed by enterprises and capital.
As application scenarios expand, digital humans will play a bigger role in the sectors of consumer goods, finance, real estate, property management, education and cultural tourism.
Some insiders noted that the industry of digital humans is still at an early stage of development and digital figures have similar appearances and vague characters. They believe differentiated development shall be one of the directions of the industry in the future.
The key to breakthroughs lies in the understanding of scenarios and effective technological upgrades. Relevant internet firms have already started their exploration in this regard.
“To meet the demand of the industry, we have upgraded our digital humans to intelligent digital humans,” said Chen Lei, general manager of Tencent Cloud Intelligent Digital Human Products.
The team is committed to building an automated AI digital human factory, providing self-service options for the purchases, production and application of digital humans, he said.
By integrating voice interaction, semantic understanding, image recognition and other AI technologies, Tencent’s digital humans have been “employed” as broadcasters and guides in a number of industries, including media, finance, transport, cultural tourism and government affairs
An insider noted that the digital human industry, as the “next big thing” that carries infinite imagination, is getting more intelligent, targeted and diversified, and will bring new opportunities and challenges.
In the era of AI, industry insiders believe that exploring judicial protection of rights related to frontier technologies and safeguarding the interests and rights of the developers, operators and brands of digital humans will further promote the healthy development of the network ecology and the sustainable development of the digital economy.
By Fabian Apechihin
The 2026 Constitution Amendment Bill has moved to the state level following its consideration by the National Assembly, paving the way for state legislatures to consider the proposed amendments.
The development comes amid renewed attention on constitutional reform and ongoing discussions over proposed changes to Nigeria’s governing framework.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has defended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over allegations surrounding borrowing by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
House spokesperson Akin Rotimi Agbese, speaking in an interview with Channels Television, rejected claims that Wike had undertaken borrowing without the knowledge or approval of the National Assembly.
Agbese said the FCT minister could not independently create a sovereign borrowing obligation, stressing that public borrowing is subject to constitutional, statutory and administrative procedures.
“Wike has committed no infraction in borrowings. There is no basis for the allegation that he has been borrowing money behind the back of the National Assembly,” Agbese said.
He explained that borrowing to finance infrastructure was not unlawful where the required approvals and procedures had been followed.
“Borrowing for infrastructure development is not unlawful in itself, provided the prescribed approvals and procedures are followed,” he added.
The House spokesperson further argued that an increase in the FCT’s debt profile should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of illegal borrowing, citing the scale of infrastructure projects being undertaken in Abuja under Wike.
According to Agbese, the key issue is whether the appropriate approvals were obtained for specific borrowing transactions, rather than simply whether the FCT’s overall debt profile has increased.
The comments come as scrutiny continues over public borrowing, infrastructure financing and the legal procedures governing government debt at both the federal and sub-national levels.
By Fabian Apechihin
The 2026 Constitution Amendment Bill has moved to the state level following its consideration by the National Assembly, paving the way for state legislatures to consider the proposed amendments.
The development comes amid renewed attention on constitutional reform and ongoing discussions over proposed changes to Nigeria’s governing framework.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has defended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over allegations surrounding borrowing by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
House spokesperson Akin Rotimi Agbese, speaking in an interview with Channels Television, rejected claims that Wike had undertaken borrowing without the knowledge or approval of the National Assembly.
Agbese said the FCT minister could not independently create a sovereign borrowing obligation, stressing that public borrowing is subject to constitutional, statutory and administrative procedures.
“Wike has committed no infraction in borrowings. There is no basis for the allegation that he has been borrowing money behind the back of the National Assembly,” Agbese said.
He explained that borrowing to finance infrastructure was not unlawful where the required approvals and procedures had been followed.
“Borrowing for infrastructure development is not unlawful in itself, provided the prescribed approvals and procedures are followed,” he added.
The House spokesperson further argued that an increase in the FCT’s debt profile should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of illegal borrowing, citing the scale of infrastructure projects being undertaken in Abuja under Wike.
According to Agbese, the key issue is whether the appropriate approvals were obtained for specific borrowing transactions, rather than simply whether the FCT’s overall debt profile has increased.
The comments come as scrutiny continues over public borrowing, infrastructure financing and the legal procedures governing government debt at both the federal and sub-national levels.
By Fabian Apechihin
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its intention to contest the 2027 presidential election despite the decision of Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid.
The party said Wike’s decision was personal and did not alter its position to participate in the presidential election with its candidate, Senator Sandy Onor. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, made the clarification on Wednesday.
According to the party, a recent conversation between Wike and Onor should not be interpreted as a political negotiation between the minister and the PDP.
“He told Nigerians that Sandy is his friend. And they only had a friendly discussion within the umbrella of friendship. So, that is just a personal discussion between him and his friend,” Mohammed said.
He added that Wike’s support for Tinubu did not prevent the PDP from fielding candidates for the presidential, governorship and legislative elections.
Wike had earlier clarified that his support in 2027 was specifically for Tinubu’s presidential re-election and did not amount to an agreement that the PDP would withdraw from other electoral contests. He also said he never promised that the PDP would abandon its candidates for governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections.
“I said I will support the President from day one. I never told Mr President I will join APC,” Wike said.
The minister also maintained that his proposed Rainbow Coalition was not an arrangement with the All Progressives Congress (APC), but rather a platform through which politicians from different parties could mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election.
The issue has generated disagreement with some APC governors, who have expressed concern about a political arrangement that could affect the party’s candidates at other levels.
APC Progressive Governors’ Forum Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, said the governors would not support any alliance or arrangement that could weaken the APC or adversely affect its candidates.
Meanwhile, APC presidential campaign council spokesperson Ima Niboro has urged Wike and APC governors to end their public exchanges and concentrate on political mobilisation.
“When I said tone down the rhetoric, I do not mean stop working. Stop talking, go and work,” Niboro said.
He urged political leaders to strengthen their grassroots structures and engage directly with voters rather than continue exchanging statements in the media.
“All this shouting is not taking anybody anywhere. Go and work. Go and establish your authority on your political base,” he said.
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