The news presenter has a deeply uncanny air as he delivers a partisan and pejorative message in Mandarin: Taiwan's outgoing president, Tsai Ing-wen, is as effective as limp spinach, her period in office beset by economic under performance, social problems and protests. "Water spinach looks at water spinach. Turns out that water spinach isn't just a name," says the presenter, in an extended metaphor about Tsai being "Hollow Tsai" – a pun related to the Mandarin word for water spinach. This is not a conventional broadcast journalist, even if the lack of impartiality is no longer a shock. The anchor is generated by an artificial intelligence programme, and the segment is trying, albeit clumsily, to influence the Taiwanese presidential election. The source and creator of the video are unknown, but the clip is designed to make voters doubt politicians who want Taiwan to remain at arm's length from China, which claims that the self-governing island is part of its territory.

CHINA has unveiled its latest technological exploit - an AI news anchor who claims to have the professional skills of a "thousand presenters". The virtual robot journalist, named Ren Xiaorong, now exists to deliver the news and answer questions 24 hours a day, yet there is a catch. The creepily human-like avatar, however clever, can only respond from a pre-written script and also peddles the Chinese Communist Party's official line. Ren has joined China's state-controlled newspaper, People's Daily, as their newest employee and claims to have the skills of "thousands of news anchors". She was unveiled this week as the host of People's Daily app, where she can answer questions relating to the "Two Sessions" government conference.

Meet the newest broadcast journalist recruited by China's state-controlled newspaper, who is powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Named'Ren Xiaorong', the virtual young woman claims to be able to answer questions and deliver news broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But there's a catch - the avatar is only able to answer pre-set questions, and the responses she gives heavily promote the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line. The questions relate to the'Two Sessions' political conference that ended on Monday, where delegates in the country discussed and approved legislation. Ren has been developed by the CCP's official news outlet, People's Daily, and says she has the skills of'thousands of news anchors'. Meet the newest broadcast journalist recruited by China's state-controlled newspaper, who is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) She was unveiled on Weibo, a social networking platform in China, in a video, dressed smartly in a black blazer and stood in front of a city skyline.

China's state news agency Xinhua this week introduced the newest members of its newsroom: AI anchors who will report "tirelessly" all day every day, from anywhere in the country. Chinese viewers were greeted with a digital version of a regular Xinhua news anchor named Qiu Hao. The anchor, wearing a red tie and pin-striped suit, nods his head in emphasis, blinking and raising his eyebrows slightly. "Not only can I accompany you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I can be endlessly copied and present at different scenes to bring you the news," he says.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a trend that is here to stay at least in the foreseeable future. Many countries have started embracing this technology; notable among them is China. This article explores how China has harnessed AI in the fields of e-commerce, finance and health from a layman's perspective. AI has improved our lives in many ways, but there are still some controversial issues concerning its use. The first thing that comes to mind in the way China has been transformed by AI technology can be traced back to the year 2013.

News anchors must have been rather reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world's first female artificial intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession. In fact, Xin has been broadcasting news about the ongoing two sessions just like her human colleagues do. Some video clips show how Xin works. All Xinhua needs to do is to feed the English and Chinese texts into the receiver for her to read them like a normal news anchor. Unlike previous androids though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being.

BEIJING: In a groundbreaking technological move, China's state-owned TV channel Xinhua has introduced the world's first ever Artificial Intelligence news anchor. On Tuesday, Xinhua announced that in collaboration with Sogou (search engine) has created the world's first female AI news anchor, known as Xin Xiaomeng. The anchor will be making her debut during the upcoming Two Sessions political meetings in March. The AI female news presented is to debut after the China unveiled the world's first male AI news anchor, Qiu Hao, during China's annual World Internet Conference held in November in the town of Wuzhen. Xinhua also went to on to add that they have developed an improved male anchor called Xin Xiaohao.

China continues to make remarkable strides in making human journalists obsolete. State news outlet Xinhua announced yesterday (Feb. The anchor will make "her" debut during the upcoming Two Sessions political meetings at the start of March. The announcement comes after Xinhua debuted the world's first male AI news anchor, Qiu Hao, during China's annual World Internet Conference held in November in the town of Wuzhen. Xinhua and Sogou said that they also developed an improved male anchor called Xin Xiaohao, who is also able to stand up and gesticulate and has more natural mouth movements.

SHANGHAI – China's state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view. Calling it a "world first," the Xinhua News Agency this past week debuted a pair of virtual news anchors amid a state-directed embrace of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence. Based on the appearances of two flesh-and-blood Chinese news presenters, the computerized avatars read out text that is fed into their system, their mouths moving in tandem with the reports. Xinhua said the "AI Synthetic Anchors," one for Chinese and one for English news, were developed along with Sogou Inc., a Beijing-based creator of search engines and voice-recognition technology. China last year unveiled plans to become a world leader in AI and other high-tech fields, though it has since toned down the rhetoric amid a trade war with the United States, which has included accusations by President Donald Trump that China steals U.S. technologies.

China's state news agency Xinhua this week introduced the newest members of its newsroom: AI anchors who will report "tirelessly" all day every day, from anywhere in the country. Chinese viewers were greeted with a digital version of a regular Xinhua news anchor named Qiu Hao. The anchor, wearing a red tie and pin-striped suit, nods his head in emphasis, blinking and raising his eyebrows slightly. "Not only can I accompany you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I can be endlessly copied and present at different scenes to bring you the news," he says.