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Genies Launches Tools for Celebrities to Build AI Avatars

Genies positions the system as an IP-safe way for talent to control digital likeness ownership.

Overview

  • The new creation tools let celebrities and their managers build interactive AI companions that talk with fans.
  • Creators tailor each companion’s looks, brain, behavior, and play in a six-step workflow that outputs game-ready assets for apps and games.
  • Autogeneration and a self-serve portal are designed to replicate entire talent rosters and give each person control over their own companion.
  • Genies describes its framework as IP-safe, responding to legal disputes and consent concerns around generative AI use of likeness.
  • Disney CEO Bob Iger is an investor, and Genies executive Jake Becker cited scrutiny of platforms like OpenAI’s Sora when outlining the need for guardrails.