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The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« on: November 09, 2018, 03:01:21 pm »



A TV anchor has joined a Chinese news agency, but with a twist: he isn't human. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) anchor, a move it claims to be a world first.

"English AI Anchor" debuted Thursday at the World Internet Conference in the country's eastern Zhejiang Province.

Modeled on the agency's Zhang Zhao presenter, the new anchor learns from live videos and is able to work 24 hours a day, reporting via social media and on the Xinhua website. "'He' learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor," the company said in an online statement.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/09/the-worlds-first-ai-news-anchor-has-gone-live-in-china.html
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Re: The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2018, 03:15:43 pm »



A TV anchor has joined a Chinese news agency, but with a twist: he isn't human. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) anchor, a move it claims to be a world first.

"English AI Anchor" debuted Thursday at the World Internet Conference in the country's eastern Zhejiang Province.

Modeled on the agency's Zhang Zhao presenter, the new anchor learns from live videos and is able to work 24 hours a day, reporting via social media and on the Xinhua website. "'He' learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor," the company said in an online statement.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/09/the-worlds-first-ai-news-anchor-has-gone-live-in-china.html

FIgured they hired Don Lemon.

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Re: The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2018, 04:45:09 pm »
yesterday's thread on the same

Can you tell the difference? First AI newsreader looks UNCANNILY like real deal
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,339521.msg1840757.html#msg1840757
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Re: The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2018, 04:46:32 pm »
We could use that here.

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Re: The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2018, 01:08:17 am »
Who would they make one here to resemble?
Walter Cronkite ...?  ;)

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Re: The 'world's first' A.I. news anchor has gone live in China
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2018, 01:17:09 am »
Who would they make one here to resemble?
Walter Cronkite ...?  ;)

Ron Burgundy?