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China's State news outlet Xinhua, has debuted "AI anchors"
The company created these "AI anchors" from digital composites of human anchors and gave them synthesized voices to deliver the news. Other than those details, the agency has kept the technology used in bringing this anchorman to life under wraps.
Checking out the animation, the speech is surprisingly good and far better than the terrible robo voices on some video channels. The British accented English speaking video anchor proudly claims
I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted
And, this being China, there's the capitalism angle:
One of the best parts of having an AI anchor? "He" doesn't sleep, said the press agency.
"According to Xinhua, "he" has become a member of its reporting team and can work 24 hours a day on its official website and various social media platforms, reducing news production costs and improving efficiency," the Xinhua media team noted.
An interesting advantage in the land of 1.4 billion people.
We'll just have to see how these guys compare with good ol' Max
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Friday March 08 2019, @12:44PM
Another magnificent job by China. English Artificial Intelligence Anchor is VERY NEUTRAL. I can hear it in his voice. And he's very fair, he'll never pull a Megyn -- he says EXACTLY what he's told to. And by the way, he won't pull a Gretchen Carlson either. ZERO lawsuits from this guy. Because, how can a Robot claim Sexual Harrassment? They love sex even more than we do, they're built for nonstop screwing -- not just screwing, they do everything sexual. By the way, sorry China, we don't want sex with some Chinese guy. We want female. Blonde like Martha MacCallum. And in the Bazonga Department we prefer "huge." Think big, think like Roger Ailes.
Yes, China has the solution to Fox Derangement Syndrome. The cure for Goofy Tom Perez and the Radical Leftist D.N.C. I hear buy invite China to host our General Election "debates." For the Presidential, and the Vice Presidential. Thank you, China!