The 'world's first' A.I. TV news anchor
Chinese state news agency Xinhua introduced new members of his newsroom this week: AI experts will report "indecently" every day anywhere in the country.
Chinese viewers were greeted with a digital version of a regular Xinhua news angle Q Hau. Anchor wearing a red tie and pin-striped suit, his head was forced, shining and his eyebrows slightly increased.
"I can not go with only 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, I can represent you incredibly, and present to bring you news in different scenes," he said.
Xinhua presented an English-language AI based on another presenter, who added: "The development of the media industry calls for continuous innovation and deep integration with the global advancement technology ... I look forward to bringing you new news experiences."
Xinhua and Chinese search engines, invented by Sogu, were developed through machine learning to simulate the gestures of voice, face movement, and real-life broadcasters to present the anchors "representation of living images instead of robots". Xinhua
Broadcasters made their debut at the annual World Internet Conference, which is a platform for China's Devos Technologies, as well as the Chinese perspective of the Internet.
Although China is one of the world's largest technology companies and about 800 million Internet users, it is the world's most controlling one. Observers are worried that China is becoming a digital police state, the Irish and movement recognizable technology is being employed for Xinjiang, and regularly staffed minority employees.
At the Wozen conference in South China, people present at the conference saw the use of mugshot recognition through the security checks as well as the screen on the screen. In a session of Fintech, the company discusses collaboration with law enforcement, providing information to be kept in the blacklist of the neglected citizens' social credit.
Huang Kunming, head of the Communist Party of the Communist Party's Committee, said, "We are an important supporter of peace in cyberspace and the guardian of the order". "China is ready for cyberspace sound order protection."
According to Xinhua, news processing of AI technology is not limited. The system can be customized to different clients in other industries. Sogou's Chief Wang Jiouchuan is a popular book reading application, an example of Kai. "In the future, your parents can tell this story," he said in an interview.
For Xinhua's already strictly scripted and controlled state news presenters, Ai Anchor takes a further step. The Chinese finger video has quickly spread to social media in China, with many viewers being disappointed.
While praising the anchor, Xinhua and Sogoo acknowledged their limitations. Chinese commentator Ai Anchor said, "I was cloning completely from a real-life host, broadcasting the original host as well as broadcasting." "As long as I'm providing text, I can speak like a news host."
