“Channel 1 and NewsGPT, which claims to be the world’s first news channel generated entirely by AI, may have another question to answer: is it possible to totally remove the human from the loop?”
– Chris Stokel-Walker
This latest round-up of developments for AI-assisted news anchors centres on “parasocial influence,” the theoretical idea of how audiences may bond with news presenters. The piece questions whether synthetic anchors provide this possibility and if they might serve other purposes.
TV channels are using AI-generated presenters to read the news. The question is, will we trust them? | BBC | January 26, 2024 | by Chris Stokel-Walker
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