Simsimi Unveils Emotional Support Agentic AI at AI Transformation Festa
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Simsimi participated in the 'AI Transformation Festa 2026' held from the 16th to the 18th at Cheongju Osco and unveiled agentic AI technology for detecting emotional changes and responding in advance.
At the event, it publicly unveiled, for the first time, the task 'Development of Agentic AI Technology for Preemptive Detection of Emotional Isolation and Timely Intervention to Build a National Emotional Safety Net,' and said Simsimi is the lead organization.
At the booth, an AI companion 'Kkoma Simsimi' video call experience was held, and Simsimi plans to advance the technology and expand verification based on user feedback.
Simsimi participated in the 'AI Transformation Festa 2026' held from the 16th to the 18th at Cheongju Osco and unveiled an agentic AI technology that detects changes in users' emotions and responds in advance when needed. It also demonstrated emotional support AI-user interactions in real-life settings through its AI companion, 'Kkoma Simsimi.'
Simsimi said it publicly unveiled, for the first time, the task 'Development of Agentic AI Technology for Preemptive Detection of Emotional Isolation and Timely Intervention to Build a National Emotional Safety Net' at the event. The task is an R&D project promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), with Simsimi serving as the lead organization.
The task began in July. The exhibition was intended to confirm actual user reactions at an early stage of development and reflect those responses in technological refinement.
At the booth, visitors had a hands-on experience making video calls directly with Kkoma Simsimi. Rather than repeating fixed Q&A, the experience responded to the other party's speech and the flow of conversation. Through this, it presented an interaction model for emotional support AI.
The AI companion Simsimi is developing aims to identify emotional changes based on users' daily lives and conversation context. It is being developed to proactively offer help when needed. To that end, Simsimi proposed a step-by-step implementation of agentic AI, a structure that goes beyond simple question-and-answer exchanges, remembers previous conversations and situations, and acts based on analysis of the current context.
According to the plan, by the end of this year the company aims to link agents for voice, lifestyle patterns and conversation analysis and complete a scenario-based integrated demonstration. As a follow-up task, it proposed advancing personalization features that reflect individual tendencies and long-term conversation context. It also plans to expand real-user verification starting with targets for effectiveness validation.
In developing emotional support AI, Simsimi is incorporating privacy protection from the design stage. It does not transmit original voice data to the server, and voice processing is performed on the device. The emotional analysis structure will use only the minimum signals necessary.
During the event, Cheongju Mayor Lee Jang-seop and North Chungcheong Provincial Superintendent of Education Yoon Kyung-bok also visited the booth to review the technology and service plans. Simsimi plans to examine the applicability of emotional support AI to a wide range of users, including teenagers, in the future.
Starting with this demonstration, Simsimi plans to verify user reactions in indoor and outdoor settings and everyday environments. It also plans to advance the technology based on user feedback and expand the scope of verification in cooperation with the local community.
CEO Choi Jeong-hoe of Simsimi said the exhibition was the first opportunity for citizens to directly experience the technology under development and to see AI that responds to each individual instead of following set answers. He added that loneliness and emotional isolation can happen to anyone, and that the company aims to develop AI that is present first when needed together with the community, laying a practical foundation for a national emotional safety net.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407233
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