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AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 3 - Meet NAT, the AI-generated presenter offering soft news to Mexican audiences

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure.

An AI news presenter named NAT is one of several synthetic news anchors created by Mexican broadcasting group Grupo Fórmula to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure at Grupo Fórmula, on how they trained NAT, feedback from audiences and whether she poses a challenge to human news anchors.

More on Oswaldo Aguilar Castro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oswaldoaguilarcastro/?originalSubdomain=mx

Read a transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-nat-ai-generated-presenter-offering-soft-news-mexican-audiences

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Oswaldo Aguilar Castro
Gretel Kahn
Keywords
ai
news
audiences
tv
social media
entertainment
Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Date Added: 06/08/2024
Duration: 00:09:48

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