{"id":1212426,"date":"2023-12-15T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212426"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:57:14","slug":"these-ai-generated-news-anchors-are-freaking-me-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212426","title":{"rendered":"These AI-generated news anchors are freaking me out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Max Headroom as prophecy. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Channel 1)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Here at Ars, we’ve long covered the interesting<\/a> potential<\/a> and significant<\/a> peril<\/a> (and occasional silliness<\/a>) of AI-generated video featuring increasingly realistic<\/a> human avatars. Heck, we even went to the trouble of making our own “deepfake” Mark Zuckerberg back in 2019<\/a>, when the underlying technology wasn’t nearly as robust as it is today.<\/p>\n

But even with all that background, startup Channel 1<\/a>‘s vision of a near-future where AI-generated avatars read you the news was a bit of a shock to the system. The company’s recent proof-of-concept “showcase” newscast<\/a> reveals just how far AI-generated videos of humans have come in a short time and how those realistic avatars could shake up a lot more than just the job market for talking heads.<\/p>\n

\u201c…the newscasters have been changed to protect the innocent\u201d<\/h2>\n
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See the highest quality AI footage in the world.<\/p>\n

\"🤯\" – Our generated anchors deliver stories that are informative, heartfelt and entertaining.<\/p>\n

Watch the showcase episode of our upcoming news network now. pic.twitter.com\/61TaG6Kix3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Channel 1 (@channel1_ai) December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To be clear, Channel 1 isn’t trying to fool people with “deepfakes” of existing news anchors<\/a> or anything like that. In the first few seconds of its sample newscast, it identifies its talking heads as a “team of AI-generated reporters.” A few seconds later, one of those talking heads explains further: “You can hear us and see our lips moving, but no one was recorded saying what we’re all saying. I’m powered by sophisticated systems behind the scenes.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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