Artificial humans 'don't live up to hype'

"Artificial humans" - virtual characters - have been shown off by Samsung-backed start-up Neon at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Neon says it intends its virtual characters to act like digital "friends". However, one tech industry analyst told the BBC the demonstration failed to impress him. Ben Wood of CCS Insight said: "It was not the revolution that I was expecting." There had been great interest in Neon after the California-based outfit ran a viral teaser campaign across social media in the lead-up to the expo.