Self replication, once the stuff of science fiction, is now a reality thanks to artificial intelligence, and the recently unveiled AI twin product Doppl is changing the game in terms of our digital selves.
Doppl will create AI twins—very accurate, highly personalised, and interactive representations of people in a variety of mediums, including audio, text, photo, and video—by fusing artificial intelligence with blockchain technology.
By giving the tool access to interactions and discussions, AI-powered data collecting can be accomplished both passively and actively. The latter method typically involves gamification. However, and this is important, all data will be encrypted and secured via blockchain, ensuring that ownership of the data remains firmly with the user.
Doppl is the creation of the team behind the all-in-one Web3 platform Exclusible, and Thibault Launay, co-founder of Exclusible and a serial entrepreneur and business angel, serves as CEO.
“The convergence of generative AI with the vast amount of personal data we produce every day enables us to create a new kind of personal digital artifact—your digital self—which is your own AI simulated version of you,” Launay said during an interview.
The first emphasis will be on text and voice, but also on what truly distinguishes a person, and the team is collaborating with psychologists to replicate how a specific individual thinks and feels.
“Doppl is about having a clone that thinks like you, that answers like you, that talks like you, that understands the difference between professional conversations and more informal ones,” he explained. “It's not a better version of you—it is you.”
He continued, saying that the adoption of blockchain is essential since AI clearly requires a lot of personal data. "It provides security and privacy through zero knowledge proof cryptography; Doppl does not own or use your data in any way, and your data never leaves your device." Simply put, you are the only person with access to and control over all of your data, which means that you are the exclusive owner of it.
Doppl's overarching goal is to produce "a natural evolution of our online presence," according to Launay, who compares it to a more advanced version of social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook. But what's initially piquing interest are the possibilities for personal branding when intellectual property can be used commercially.
Doppl has announced its first partnership with Royaltiz as part of today's launch, a platform that enables users to invest in the professional sporting careers of their favourite athletes.
Over 170 athletes are represented in the portfolio of Royaltiz, a platform with over 120k users. Some of them, according to Launay, have already expressed interest in using Doppl's technology, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Vinicius JR, Eduardo Camavinga, Antoine Dupont, and Daniil Medvedev.
The most recent game-changer in the space is the neural language model chatbot programme Character.AI, which can create dialogue in the manner of numerous characters, real or made-up, like Tesla's Elon Musk or Nintendo's Super Mario. Character.AI, established by two Google alumni, received approximately $150 million in investment in a Series A funding round, which set its worth at $1 billion. The round was led by venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).