How Was This AI News Anchor Created?
The Xinhua news agency made use of China’s Sogou search engine to power its new AI creation. The channel says that it will help the news agency cut down on production costs. There are also plans to bring in another AI news anchor in the mix, only this one will be geared for Chinese language broadcasts.
It seems to be the first ever AI news anchor of its kind. Other countries may have experimented with robots or even animated newscasters, Xinhua says its creation will be different from the rest as it will continue to improve through machine learning.
It sure seems like interesting times are ahead. Will Pakistan get rid of its screeching TV anchors in favor of these cool and calm AI ones? Your guess is as good as ours.