in a still photograph you might not notice anything different,
but wait, what about when the news presenter delivers her weather report in Chinese?
the language does not matter, but one thing makes this presenter standout apart from all others, China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua, yesterday unveiled itsnewest news anchor, Xin Xiaomeng. Why is this newsworthy? Well, because
Xin isn’t a real person, but an ultra-realistic computer generated model
powered by advanced AI technology, the announcement of Xinhua’s first AI female
news anchor comes just three months after the agency revealed two male versions,
which have since presented over 3,400 news reports totalling over 10,000
minutes in length, we featured the newscasters back in November last year,
and in case you are not sure which is the real weather girl, here they both are, they’ve also evolved quite a bit since November, when they
could only read news sitting at a desk and with minimal body language, while
these AI news anchor have yet to perfectly mimic their human counterparts,
with lip movements being the biggest tell that there is something off about
them, they do look impressively realistic, and are in some ways superior to
a real person, for example, they never miss a cue and never stutter, and do not get upset if they get it woung!
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