Sofia , Sana , Lisa .. / Their tribe is growing

 

 

 

Context :

Lisa, Odisha’s First AI News Anchor Is Touted To Transform TV Presentation…….. India.com ..  /  10 July 2023

 

  Extract :

Lisa, Odisha’s First AI News Anchor: 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is slowly, gradually, and surely overshadowing natural aptitude and brain power. In fact, now any news related to AI does not surprise us. Still, more and more entities share their experiences with this marvel of technology.

In the latest, Odisha TV or OTV, an Odia Indian Cable Television station on Sunday introduced Lisa to the world. Lisa is OTV and Odisha’s first AI news anchor.

Meet Lisa, OTV and Odisha’s first AI news anchor set to revolutionize TV Broadcasting & Journalism

OTV further tweeted: “OTV’s AI news anchor Lisa has the capability to speak in multiple languages. She will seamlessly present news in Odia apart from English for OTV and its digital platforms.”

OTV Digital Business Head Litisha Mangat Panda [ litisha@Odishatv.in / sushantakumar.panda@odishatv.in]

 

- while talking to the media said, “Training Lisa in Odia was a huge task, which we could achieve. However, we are still working on it. We are hoping to get her trained to the level in which she could interact with others easily.”

 

MY  TAKE  :

 

Congratulations, Litisha :

 

You have managed to leverage AI for :

#   Facial Animation

#   Lip Syncing

#   Voice Cloning ( Synthetic or your very own from your recorded Audio Clip

     samples )

 

And then give birth to Lisa – the daughter of AI

No doubt, before long , viewers will switch to Odisha TV , to listen to news in their OWN LANGUAGE

If you pull this off , you will overtake AajTak’s AI news anchor “ Sana “ , which reads news only in Hindi

 

Your achievement is a precursor of what I envisaged in my following blogs :

 

Ø  Shaking up an Industry …………………………… 25 March 2023

 

Extract :

 

And the use of content creation tools will see some people lose their jobs, he said, but not in the realms of analytical or high-end reporting.

"In the specific case of the more mechanistic end of journalism — sports reports, financial results — I do think that AI tools are replacing, and likely increasingly to replace human delivery," he said.

 

Ø   Revenge of the AI ?  ………………………………………. 29  Sept  2016

 Extract :

Now , fast forward to year 2026

 In Hindustan Times's office , you won't find ,

 *  Watchman / Receptionist / Reporters / Journalists / Composers / Graphic Designers / Editors / Operators etc

 All will be replaced by AI Robots , embedded into Computers / Cameras /  Printing Machines / Delivery Drones 

And those AI Robots would select / print news such as this , in large , bold headlines on the Front Page !

I only hope , AI of 2026 remains devoid of human frailties of jealousy / anger / revenge !

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  10 July 2023

 

Related Reading :

 

 On 15 April 2023, I asked ChatGPT :

 

Indian TV Channel " AAJTAK " recently introduced an Artificial Intelligence anchor by the name " SANAA " .

Every evening at 9 PM , SANNA speaks out in fluent HINDI, highlights of the day's news from all over India. She speaks for about 10 minutes .

Although she displays realistic facial expressions, she does not SEEM to be reading the text from a prompt.

Is SANAA merely a computer-screen based 2D visual animation or is She a free standing 3D material ROBOT capable of folding / unfolding her fingers ?

How is She able to compile / collect her news reports ? By spidering news websites ? By watching other TV Channels and storing the AUDIO FILES ?

I would highly appreciate if you could enlighten me on this . Does this new AI based development lead you to predict that the jobs of human TV Anchors are likely to get eliminated ?

 

 

ChatGPT  Answer  :

 

 

Based on the information you provided, it is difficult to determine whether SANAA is a 2D visual animation or a free-standing 3D material robot.

However, it is possible that SANAA is a combination of both animation and robotics, with the ability to display realistic facial expressions and move her fingers.

As for how SANAA is able to,

compile and collect news reports, it is likely that the AI technology behind her is using natural language processing to scan various sources of news, including websites, TV channels, and social media.

This allows her to gather information and summarize the day's news highlights in a concise and engaging way.

It is still too early to predict whether AI-based news anchors like SANAA will completely replace human TV anchors.

While AI technology is advancing rapidly, it still has limitations when it comes to understanding nuances of language, tone, and emotions.

Human anchors also bring a certain level of credibility and authenticity that may be difficult for AI to replicate.

That being said, it is possible that AI anchors will become more prevalent in the future, particularly in situations where speed and efficiency are of the utmost importance

 

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