USC ICT's open platform for building conversational virtual humans was recognized at the ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents,...
Virtual Human Toolkit wins Best Technical Demonstration at IVA 2026
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Ten Seconds to Trust: AI Newcomers Doubt Themselves, AI Users Doubt the Machine
We size up a stranger in seconds. A USC study finds we do the same with AI, and that what we notice says less about the machine than it does about...
The Virtual Human Toolkit is now on GitHub
USC ICT's platform for building conversational virtual humans is now available on GitHub, running on the web, on iPhone and Android, and on Quest 3....
ICT Recognized in Defense Research Enterprise Review
We're proud to see ICT recognized in the Defense Research Enterprise Review conducted by the US Under Secretary of War for Research &...
How to See Eye to Eye With AI
An award-winning study from the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and the US Army Research Laboratory applies natural language dialogue to...
Mark and Mary Stevens give $200 million to power AI research across USC
The university will name the USC Mark and Mary Stevens School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence to honor their investment in research and...
The Long Game: Bill Swartout’s 50-Year Journey from Homework Machines to Lasting Conversations
The ICT pioneer who built systems that made Holocaust survivors immortal and brought museum exhibits to life is stepping back—but not stepping away....
How ICT Built a Human-AI Team That Amplified Research Communications Output
By Dr. Randall W. Hill, Jr. & S.C. Stuart The AI Paradox McKinsey recently reported that half of consumers now use AI-powered search, with the...
Celebrating 15 Years at ICT: A Conversation with Kevin Watley
Kevin Watley has been an integral part of the Institute for Creative Technologies for fifteen years, contributing to the organization's evolution...