These two anchors witness the remarkable progress of China

Dressed in suits and beds, anchors can give live videos and read texts.

“Spectacular” not meat and blood, one gives the news in English and is called Zhang Zhao, and the other in Chinese is called Qiu Hao. Creation has been enabled by co-operation between the Xinhua agency and the Sogou research company.com.

Hello, everyone. I'm an artificial English intelligence agent. This is my first day at Xinhua News Agency. “, says the host in the input video.

My voice and appearance are shaped by Zhang Zhao”, The robot voice continued.

An AI system has been used to synthetize the voices of the exhibitors, lips movements and expressions based on those of the true exhibitors.

I will work hard to inform you, as texts will be printed on my system without interruption“, he added.

Digital robots offer advantages over people, Xinhua says. They are available 24 hours a day and on its official page and various social media platforms.

This could reduce news production costs and improve efficiency during transmission.

AI's “voice is very severe and there is difficulty in realising the appropriate pauses while reading”wrote a commentator.

“Looks like some normal exhibitors are being fired,” said another user.

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China has become one of the leading global distributors for the development of IA in recent years.