Singapore, 14th Jan 2026 — Grammy Award-winning artist NE-YO has announced a strategic partnership with Neura, an emotional artificial intelligence (AI) startup, to introduce a next-generation entertainment experience driven by AI technology.

A New Frontier in Emotional AI

Founded by former Microsoft AI engineers, Neura has established its core competency in “Emotional AI,” a technology designed to understand and interpret human emotions and conversational contexts. The startup recently garnered significant industry attention after securing strategic investments from NE-YO himself and Mario Nawfal, a prominent global entrepreneur and media influencer.

Unlike conventional Q&A chatbots, the AI developed by Neura is characterized by its ability to remember a user’s emotional shifts and the overall flow of previous dialogues to provide more personalized responses. Internal testing has demonstrated the technology’s high performance, recording over 90% accuracy in emotion recognition and a long-term user retention rate exceeding 70%.

The Digital Twin Project

The centerpiece of this collaboration is the NE-YO Digital Twin project. This initiative utilizes Neura’s technology to create an AI character based on the artist’s unique voice, speech patterns, and emotional expressions. The project aims to provide fans with an immersive experience, allowing them to engage in realistic conversations with the digital persona of the artist.

Expansion Beyond Entertainment

Neura plans to expand the application of its emotional AI beyond the entertainment sector into fields where emotional interaction is critical, such as education, mental health care, and wellness.

Furthermore, the company is committed to a decentralized architecture, emphasizing user data ownership and transparency. This approach seeks to transform users from mere platform consumers into active participants within the ecosystem.

“While emotional recognition AI is technically challenging to implement, it is a pivotal technology that will redefine the relationship between humans and AI,” noted an industry insider. “Neura represents a rare case that successfully balances technical prowess with mass-market appeal”.

Neura intends to gradually unveil real-world use cases of its emotional AI while continuing to expand its global partnership network.

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Tokyo, Japan, 14th January 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, In the traditional gaming world, competitive fairness is enforced by a “black box”—the centralized server. Whether it is a frame-perfect flash in League of Legends or a micro-intensive maneuver in StarCraft, the industry relies on a technology called “Frame Synchronization” to ensure every player sees the same reality at the exact same millisecond.  

However, as the industry moves toward Web3, this “Holy Grail” of synchronization has hit a wall: the inherent latency of blockchain and the transparency deficit of private servers. Recently, Tatakai, the open-world RPG backed by Tencent, YGG, Immutable, and Metis, announced its integration with Tatakai Protocol, a Proof of Battle Sync (POBS) protocol—a breakthrough designed to bring industrial-grade fairness to the decentralized arena.

Bridging the 60Hz Gap: What is POBS?

The primary friction in Web3 gaming has always been the “on-chain bottleneck.” Traditional blockchains confirm transactions in seconds, while competitive gameplay operates at 60Hz (60 frames per second).  

The POBS Protocol bridges this gap by decoupling game logic from state storage and re-coupling it with a decentralized consensus unit. Unlike traditional models that struggle with “lag” or “desync,” POBS samples game frames at a rate of 0.0167 seconds, matching the limits of human perception. This allows for high-intensity, “twitch-reflex” combat within Tatakai’s procedurally generated volcanic islands and cyber ruins, all while maintaining 100% on-chain verifiability. 

Why POBS Matters to All: Beyond the Hype

For the Web3 community and native game players, the POBS protocol is not just a technical upgrade—it is a fundamental protection of their digital sovereignty and financial stakes:  

Anti-Cheating as a Financial Safeguard: In Web3, your Hero NFT and equipment are valuable assets. In traditional games, “lag switches” or memory hacks can rob you of a victory. Every frame is verified by decentralized nodes. Any attempt to alter cooldowns or movement speeds is instantly flagged and rejected by the smart contract. Your wins are secured by math, not a moderator’s whim.  

Transparent Competition with Online Prize Pools: For competitive players chasing ranked rewards and bounties, POBS provides an auditable “State Trajectory.” Every battle result can be replayed and verified independently on-chain, ensuring that rewards are distributed with 100% transparency.  

Asset Performance Stability: By leveraging platforms like Metis, Merkle Trees and Memolabs’ decentralized storage, POBS ensures that the “market value” of your skill-based progression isn’t hindered by network congestion.  

The launch of POBS follows Tatakai’s successful $7 million angel round, signaling a shift in the market toward projects that prioritize deep technical foundations over speculative hype. As Tatakai rolls out its open-world alpha, the POBS protocol will serve as the invisible backbone, ensuring that in the world of Tatakai, the only thing that determines your fate is your skill.