An artificial intelligence-powered virtual news anchor resembling a real-life female presenter has appeared on South Korean TV channel MBN.The virtual anchor was created using 10 hours of footage of the channel's star anchorwoman, Kim Ju Ha.The broadcaster hopes the avatar will be particularly useful during disaster emergencies when it would be difficult to quickly assemble presenters, staff and equipment necessary to produce a breaking news segment.The virtual anchor does not need any makeup, outfits or rehearsals. It takes just a minute to produce virtual anchor footage for a news piece u…READ FULL ARTICLE
