{"id":11911,"date":"2023-10-20T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/here-is-the-news-you-cant-stop-us-ai-anchor-zae-in-grants-us-an-interview\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:38:08","slug":"here-is-the-news-you-cant-stop-us-ai-anchor-zae-in-grants-us-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/here-is-the-news-you-cant-stop-us-ai-anchor-zae-in-grants-us-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Here is the news. You can\u2019t stop us\u2019: AI anchor Zae-In grants us an interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Asia to Europe, AI presenters are now reading the bulletins. They\u2019re attractive, ageless and work 24\/7 without being paid. Should their human counterparts be worried? And what about the rest of us?<\/p>\n

Like most newsreaders, Zae-In wears a microphone pinned to her collar and clutches a stack of notes \u2013 but unlike most, her face is entirely fake. A \u201cvirtual human\u201d designed by South Korean artificial intelligence company Pulse9, Zae-In spent five months this year reading live news bulletins on national broadcaster SBS. That, you might think, is it then. To adapt the words of another animated newscaster: \u201cI, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.\u201d The future is now. The world belongs to the artificially intelligent and the News at Ten will never be the same again.<\/p>\n

Are things really that simple? Since spring, country after country have debuted their first AI news anchor: India has Sana and Lisa, Greece has Hermes, Kuwait has Fedha and Taiwan has Ni Zhen. \u201cShe is bright, gorgeous, ageless, tireless and speaks multiple languages, and is totally under my control,\u201d said Kalli Purie, the vice chairperson of the India Today Group, when Sana first appeared in March. For broadcasters, it\u2019s easy to see the appeal of AI: virtual presenters can read rolling news for 24 hours unpaid and unfed, and it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll ever skip the queue at a lying-in-state.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom Asia to Europe, AI presenters are now reading the bulletins. They\u2019re attractive, ageless and work 24\/7 without being paid. Should their human counterparts be worried? And what about the rest of us?
\nLike most newsreaders, Zae-In wears a microphone pinned to her collar and clutches a stack of notes \u2013 but unlike most, her face is entirely fake. A \u201cvirtual human\u201d designed by South Korean artificial intelligence company Pulse9, Zae-In spent five months this year reading live news bulletins on national broadcaster SBS. That, you might think, is it then. To adapt the words of another animated newscaster: \u201cI, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.\u201d The future is now. The world belongs to the artificially intelligent and the News at Ten will never be the same again.
\nAre things really that simple? Since spring, country after country have debuted their first AI news anchor: India has Sana and Lisa, Greece has Hermes, Kuwait has Fedha and Taiwan has Ni Zhen. \u201cShe is bright, gorgeous, ageless, tireless and speaks multiple languages, and is totally under my control,\u201d said Kalli Purie, the vice chairperson of the India Today Group, when Sana first appeared in March. For broadcasters, it\u2019s easy to see the appeal of AI: virtual presenters can read rolling news for 24 hours unpaid and unfed, and it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll ever skip the queue at a lying-in-state. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Asia to Europe, AI presenters are now reading the bulletins. They\u2019re attractive, ageless and work 24\/7 without being paid. Should their human counterparts be worried? And what about the rest of us? Like most newsreaders, Zae-In wears a microphone pinned to her collar and clutches a stack of notes \u2013 but unlike most, her …<\/p>\n

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