According to "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" reported on April 2nd, Japan's NHK TV station will start using artificial intelligence anchors in its programs from April. The 'caster' produced by CG technology will broadcast 'NEWS' at 11:10 pm on a weekday. CHECK 11' debuts on the show, broadcasts about 5 minutes of news weekly.
Starting in April is the artificial intelligence 'news anchor Yomiko'. She will broadcast a press release written by a reporter.
Technicians invited NHK's anchors to read a large number of news releases and record them beforehand, and then decomposed these voice data into 100,000 phonemes. In addition, Yomiko also remembered Japan's national names, proper nouns, accents, etc. beforehand.
While using Yomiko for news programs, NHK will also open a dedicated site for smartphones. According to the introduction, Yomiko will appear on the mobile phone screen when visiting the site, and can also take photos with her through augmented reality (AR) technology.
If the audience has smart speakers at home, such as Google Home, you can also let Yomiko to broadcast the news.