CAIRO, Nov 10 (SEE)- China's state news agency ''Xinhua'', uncovered the world's first artificial intelligence news presenters and the chinese tech giant ''Sogou'' that participated in system development. This mechanism launched on Wednesday, starts presenting news reports from Thursday.
The broadcasters made their debut during China’s annual World Internet Conference, an event meant to be ''China’s Davos'' for the tech sector as well as a platform for China’s vision of the internet.
The agency points out that they may be particularly useful for disseminating breaking news reports in a timely manner. An artificial intelligence ''AI'' system has been used to synthesise the presenters' voices, lip movements and expressions.
This is different from using a 3D digital model of a human. It appears that photo like facial features applied to a body template and animated.
According to Xinhua, the ''AI'' technology is not limited to news presenting. The systems can be customised to different clients in other industries.
China is home to some of the world’s largest tech companies and some 800 million internet users, its internet is one of the most controlled in the world.
Observers worry China is turning into a digital state, with technology from iris and gait recognition being deployed to monitor activists, ethnic minorities in places such as Xinjiang and regular citizens.
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