en.Wedoany.com Reported - Kurzweil Technologies and Praxis AI have announced a strategic joint venture to launch a "human-first digital twin" called RAI. Built upon the lifelong knowledge, reasoning, and intellectual framework of inventor, author, futurist, and artificial intelligence pioneer Ray Kurzweil, this digital twin aims to preserve and extend trusted human intelligence.

RAI will make its debut on Friday, July 10, 2026, from 16:00 to 16:30 CEST, at the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit. During the event, Ray Kurzweil will deliver a keynote speech on the main stage titled "AI and the Next Decade of Human Progress." The summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with over 50 UN agencies and co-hosted with the Swiss government, is themed "Unlocking AI Potential to Serve Humanity."

For more than six decades, Ray Kurzweil has dedicated himself to expanding human potential through technology. His inventions include the first CCD flatbed scanner, the first full-font optical character recognition (OCR) system, the Kurzweil Reading Machine for the blind, the first music synthesizer capable of realistically reproducing orchestral instruments, and breakthroughs in pattern recognition, speech recognition, machine intelligence, and educational technology. He has received a Grammy Award for his achievements in music technology, the National Medal of Technology, induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and 21 honorary doctorates.

The creation of RAI stems from early explorations throughout his career, including the best-selling books The Age of Intelligent Machines, The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity Is Near, and The Singularity Is Nearer, as well as the 2002 conversational virtual personality experiment Ramona. As one of the world's first realistic interactive virtual avatars, Ramona introduced concepts such as conversational AI, digital personas, knowledge navigation, speech synthesis, and expressive virtual humans. RAI is seen as the next phase in this evolutionary journey.

To turn this vision into reality, powerful models alone are insufficient; a "human-first" approach to AI is required. Praxis AI has developed the "Human-First Autonomous Platform," which includes the "3D Digital Brain" (organizing knowledge into an interconnected intelligent architecture), the "Autonomous Bus" (coordinating intelligent agents), "Praxis Shield" (providing governance, transparency, and trust), and the "Praxis IP Vault" (enabling trusted collaboration while protecting sources and intellectual property). RAI preserves not only what Kurzweil has written and said, but also the relationships between ideas, the context behind discoveries, and the reasoning process.

For Ray Kurzweil, creating RAI is a natural extension of the guiding principle at the core of his work: technology should serve humanity, and humanity progresses when each generation can build upon the knowledge of its predecessors and go further. David James Clarke IV, CEO and co-founder of Praxis AI, stated that the company's role is to develop the technology that makes "human-first AI" possible, preserving trusted knowledge, reasoning, and intellectual relationships, and working with Kurzweil Technologies to create a digital twin that extends intelligent structures, context, and continuity in the cloud.

Both organizations share the belief that through continuous collaboration between human expertise and "human-first AI," the fusion of biological and artificial intelligence will create hybrid intelligence, allowing humans and intelligent systems to learn, reason, and create together, rather than replacing human judgment.

RAI will offer real-time interactive and interview experiences during the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva. Media members attending the summit can experience interactions with RAI. Praxis AI CEO David James Clarke IV and Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder Sharyn Outtrim will provide executive briefings and media interviews during the conference. Media interviews with Ray Kurzweil will be arranged separately through Kurzweil Technologies after the conference.