Taiwan News Channel Introduces AI Weather Anchor
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has become very useful for a variety of tasks, such as planning travel itineraries and writing novels.
Today, its use is even more widespread.
A Taiwanese news channel has debuted an AI weathercaster built using a photorealistic image generator on YouTube.
It can also learn from past broadcasts, so it will improve over time.
The move has received mixed reactions, with some pointing out its flaws and others expressing support.
Taiwanese news channel uses AI weather caster during broadcast
On June 26th, Taiwan’s FTV News Network announced a virtual anchor through a two-minute weather forecast program on its channel.
According to 8world News, the network has been adapting to technological advances and viewers’ viewing habits in recent years.
They are the first in Taiwan to start using AI in broadcasting. Working with AI image processing expert Osense, the network replicated images of individuals.
We combined this with Microsoft’s AI-powered speech generator to create a virtual news anchor.
They added that it took about six months of continuous refinement to come up with the final shape of the presenter.
He also has the ability to learn from past broadcasts, improving his tone and speaking style with each broadcast.
This feature will eventually allow us to replicate real-life anchors.
Fu Wanling, deputy general manager of FTV News Network, revealed that he gives scripts every day.
And then you train and train yourself to deliver the news in the best possible way.
Audience notices unnatural speech
However, despite the network’s best efforts, it appears that a significant gap still remains between AI-powered and real anchors.
Several netizens pointed out the unnatural behavior of the caster for the broadcast on the YouTube channel.
For example, one user noted that her speech was too steady and had very little intonation.
Still others noted that it would have been nice if the anchor also had the ability to tolerate mistakes. They said it would look more authentic that way.
However, some netizens were more receptive to FTV’s adventurous move.
Others praised the channel for adapting to modern technology, commenting that they believe it will improve over time.
Concerns about being replaced have not yet appeared in real AI counterparts.
8world News reports that local anchor Song Yangmin said their job is not just to read the script.
In emergency situations, AI-powered anchors may not react as efficiently as real anchors.
AI will be more difficult to adapt at this stage, they added.
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Featured images from FTV News on YouTube.
