India has got its first AI news anchor a few days ago. An Indian media group unveiled its first full-time artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor - a bot named Sana who presents news updates several times a day. The AI-powered reporter appears on the India Today Group’s Aaj Tak news channel.
“She is bright, gorgeous, ageless, tireless,” said the group’s vice
chairperson, Kalli Purie, at a launch event attended by Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
In 2018, China’s Xinhua news agency
created the world’s first AI-powered male news anchor using computer graphics.
Just this year, it debuted its first AI female news anchor. Last month,
Russia’s Svoye TV introduced Snezhana Tumanova as its first virtual weather
presenter.
The world’s first news channel whose
content is generated entirely by artificial intelligence, NewsGPT, was launched
in March—ostensibly threatening the jobs of media professionals. Alan Levy,
NewsGPT’s CEO, described it is a game changer in the world of news. But as
journalism robots proliferate, there is growing concern about their impact.
AI will definitely have an abiding
influence on journalism in general. However, it is too early to say how deep it
will be and how much of a difference it will make.
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