China Unveils AI News Anchor That’s Almost Indistinguishable From a Real Human

AI is a high priority for the regime to strengthen its authoritarian rule

(R) A screenshot image of the real-life news anchor on the “N Xiaohei Finance” program (L) N Xiaohei’s AI-rendered virtual twin in a blue background. An Epoch Times composite image

“Hello everyone, I am the artificial intelligence news anchor on National Business Daily. I am the virtual twin of the original host. I have been running—reporting the news—undetected for 70 days now,” an AI (artificial intelligence) news anchor named N Xiaohei revealed to Chinese television viewers on Dec. 20, 2021, after 1,700 hours of a continuous live news broadcast.

The same day, Chinese state-controlled media outlet National Business Daily (NBD) and AI company Xiaoice jointly announced the official launch of their collaborative live news broadcasting TV program run entirely by AI—the first of its kind.