China seems to be in a mood of transforming the type of news reporting we see today. After launching a male AI news presenter, news agency Xinhua is all set to debut its first female AI news presenter known as Xin Xiaomeng in March this year.
The female AI anchor is made after the agency’s journalist Qu Meng. Above you can see her presenting a report in January 2014
According to Xinhua, the AI based anchor will make her debut during the upcoming Two Sessions political meetings at the start of March. Xinhua also released a photo of the news anchor wearing a pink and maroon dress. Xin is the 2nd AI-based news anchor who will work for the news agency. She has been developed in collaboration with search engine Sogou.
China's Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday unveiled the world’s first female #AI news anchor, “Xin Xiaomeng,’ who will make her professional debut during the upcoming meetings of the country's national legislature and top political advisory body #TwoSessions pic.twitter.com/9gGDpfwfil
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 20, 2019
Earlier the same company had helped the channel develop the world’s first AI male news anchor for English news presenters. Till now, it’s not clear yet if Xin will speak in Chinese or English.
Talking about the working of AI news presenters, an AI system used to create the presenters’ voices, lip movements and expressions and they bear a pretty real-like resemblance to real human beings.
Knowing the news made netizens share their views on what they feel about this new reporter. Have a look:
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Make me feel scared
— bilibilixmy (@bilibilixmy) February 20, 2019
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She surely suits the purpose best.
— Australia Yang (@Austekla) February 20, 2019
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It’s not fair that the CCP’s newspaper can speak free on Twitter, but its peoples are blocked by CCP's GFW.
— 呵呵哈哈 (@Flyfirefire) February 20, 2019
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https://twitter.com/ysu47666740/status/1098174601605992448
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China is taking AI to the next level replacing human anchors…
— Steve Chao (@SteveChaoSC) February 20, 2019
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