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China's state press agency has unveiled a virtual newsreader designed to deliver headlines 24 hours a day. 中国国家资讯机构推出了虚拟的资讯播报员，一天24小时都能播送资讯。 Xinhua's “artificial intelligence news anchor” is a lifelike digitised reporter which can read out text by mimicking the image and voice of a real human presenter. 新华社的这款“AI合成主播”是真人合成的记者，通过模仿真人主持人的形象和声音来念资讯。 The agency claims the virtual presenter – a realistic-looking man, sharply dressed in a suit – “can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor”. 新华社称这款虚拟主播，形象逼真，穿着得体的西装“，能够和专业的资讯主播一样，非常自然的播报资讯”。 However, the AI newsreader's debut report on Thursday revealed a robotic voice and awkward delivery. 不过，在周四的AI主播首秀上，播报的声音还是很机械，听起来并不自然。 “Hello, you are watching English news programme. I'm AI anchor in Beijing,” the presenter said at the beginning of its first English-language broadcast. “大家好，您正在收看的是英语资讯频道。我是AI主播，在北京为你播报。”在英语节目播报开始时主持人这样说道。 In an introductory video, it said: “I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted.” | 
