From Fake to Virtual News: China's AI News Anchor in Beijing (Video)

Published November 12th, 2018 - 08:41 GMT
(Socialmedia)
(Socialmedia)

The Chinese state-run news agency, Xinhua, unveiled their first robot news anchor to deliver news on a 24-hour basis.

The new design captured the world's attention  with a trial video that quickly went viral and was watched hundreds of thousands of times.

"Hello, you are watching English news program. I am AI news anchor in Beijing.” Those were the first words of the artificial-intelligence-operated host.