Goodbye humans, China receives a news presenter of virtual television

The first news presenter from Artificial Intelligence TV looks like a human anchor. and has the voice and facial expressions of a real person. (Screenshot: New China TV / YouTube)

China has its first presenter of information on artificial intelligence (AI). The anchor looks like a human male anchor with the voice and facial expressions of a real person. He can read the news from a synthesized voice, designed to look like a professional human anchor. The world's first news presenter was created by the new Chinese agency Xinhua in collaboration with Chinese search engine company Sogou.

Two anchors of information to read information in English and Mandarin were unveiled at the Fifth World Internet Conference in China's Zhejiang Province

According to South's Reports China Morning Post and Xinhua, presenters will reduce the cost of daily reporting on television, thanks to its ability to work 24 hours a day. The anchor of AI TV should also improve the efficiency because it can quickly generate last minute information. Humans can not do anything.

The anchor leverages AI technology to combine images and voices of human anchors to provide information with "the same effect" as human anchors.

The Machine Learning (ML) program can generate lip movements, facial expressions, and so on. similar to those of a news presenter. The AI ​​news anchors in English and Mandarin are available on Xinhua's Internet and mobile platforms, including its applications in Mandarin and English, as well as on its online television web page.

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"Xinhua said that this feat constituted a" breakthrough in the field of global synthesis of the "AI", paving the way for the synthesis of audio and video in real time with anchors created by AI in the field of information. The Sogou search engine, which also does artificial intelligence research and development, provides the underlying technology for the project, " reports China South Morning Post .

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