TAI Generated News Anchors on Channel 1 Show the Future of AI in Media and Entertainment
Check out this article, posted by News Atlas, that piqued our interest and inspired the creation of this blog.
From “Good night, Chet” to “Bye, bye, Borg”. Human news anchors have been a staple of television news broadcasts for as long as there have been television newscasts. The iconic Huntley–Brinkley Report, which aired from 1956 through 1970, concluded each broadcast with David Brinkley saying, “Goodnight, Chet” to his co-anchor Chet Huntley. However, this tradition may soon be coming to an end as AI-generated newscasters are emerging worldwide.
Channel 1. A new global news network scheduled to debut in 2024, will ditch all human news anchors and reporters. Instead, Channel 1 employs AI-generated photorealistic news anchors and reporters, delivering the news with stunning quality. These animated avatars are virtually indistinguishable from their human counterparts, making the end of days characterized by herky-jerky images and misplaced lip synchs.
I also speak Tamil. The AI-generated news anchors operate around the clock, never go on strike, and can present the news in any language spoken on Earth. It’s anticipated that their creators will instill these digital communicators with unique personalities to enhance their life-like appearance.
Beyond the News. AI-generated movies have been in production for some time. Artificial images, called Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) debuted in the 1977 classic, “Star Wars” and evolved significantly in the 1982 film “Tron,” becoming a stample in various movie genres. However, CGI development is intricate and costly. The latest generative AI based images offer a more cost-effective solution. Consequently, AI-generated movies are now being produced as short feature films. The Frost, a 12-minute horror/science fiction movie entirely AI-generated by Waymark, showcases the company’s video generation capabilities. It was created by a company named Waymark to demonstrate that company’s AI video generation capabilities. While impressive, “The Frost” remains distinctly AI-generated. Channel 1’s newscasters marks the next phase in the AI-generated video revolution.
Updated Prediction. Infinitive curates a collection of AI predictions aligning anticipated advancements in AI with specific future years. The strides made by the company Channel 1 in enhancing AI-generated newscasters and reporters have prompted us to adjust our prediction for a full-length, commercially successful AI-generated movie to 2024.