Journalists have branded plans for artificial intelligence news anchors 'utterly terrifying' - as an LA-based channel looks set to launch them next year. Channel 1 is using the tech to create digital humans to provide updates about what is happening across the world. Some of Channel 1's anchors are 'digital doubles,' avatars created from a scan of an actual person. When AI news anchors replace human news anchors - the concept of fake news will have a totally different meaning.' Instead, the clip shows several AI-generated humans reporting the news using similar hand gestures that look very natural.
