Thursday 19 November 2020

It Must Feel Really Weird,

 to meet your exact double,


and then like news anchor lady Kim Ju-ha who works for South Korean television channel MBN, chat with her double, who not only looks and speaks exactly like her, she also has the same mannerisms, like fiddling with a pen while reporting the news, the double is of course a AI-powered double of news anchor Kim Ju-ha, developed by MBN in partnership with artificial intelligence  production company Money Brain, South Korea’s first AI-powered news anchor was reportedly shockingly similar to her human inspiration, during a broadcast on November 6, AI Kim even shared a conversation with real-life Kim Ju-ha to compare their voices, which apparently freaked out a lot of people, “I was created through deep learning 10 hours of video of Kim Ju-ha, learning the details of her voice, the way she talks, facial expressions, the way her lips move and the way she moves her body, the AI-powered news anchor said, according to Korea JoongAng Daily. “I am able to report news exactly the way that anchor Kim Ju-ha would.” MBN revealed that AI news casters may be better suited to deal with natural disasters and other emergencies, as they are available at any time, day or night. The company also expects this new technology to help it cut labour and production costs, great news for the BBC then, they can cut all of their over paid celebrities and reduce the corporations running costs almost overnight! this is not the first AI powered presenter, here is one we featured in November 2018, and another in February 2019, although it has to be said the latest is by far and away the most believable.


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