{"id":1260,"date":"2023-04-11T05:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T05:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2023-04-11T05:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T05:44:40","slug":"kuwaiti-media-introduces-ai-generated-news-anchor-in-debut-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/11\/kuwaiti-media-introduces-ai-generated-news-anchor-in-debut-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti media introduces AI generated news anchor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the weekend, the Kuwait News website revealed their latest creation, a virtual news presenter named <strong>&#8220;Fedha&#8221;<\/strong> generated entirely by artificial intelligence. The avatar, depicted as a woman with uncovered hair, donned a black jacket and white t-shirt, and is expected to read online bulletins in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Fedha, the first presenter in Kuwait who works with artificial intelligence at Kuwait News. What kind of news do you prefer? Let\u2019s hear your opinions\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>she said in Arabic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kuwait News website, which is associated with the Kuwait Times &#8211; the first English-language daily newspaper in the Gulf region established in 1961, has conducted an experiment to explore the capabilities of artificial intelligence in producing &#8220;new and innovative content.&#8221; Abdullah Boftain, who serves as the Deputy Editor in Chief for both media outlets, made this statement regarding the virtual news presenter&#8217;s debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0623\u0648\u0644 \u0645\u0630\u064a\u0639\u0629 \u0641\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a<\/a> \u062a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0630\u0643\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0635\u0637\u0646\u0627\u0639\u064a<br><br>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0641\u0636\u0629<\/a>.. \u0645\u0630\u064a\u0639\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a_\u0646\u064a\u0648\u0632<\/a> \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0641\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0629<br><br>\u2022 \u0645\u0627 \u0647\u064a \u0646\u0648\u0639\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0641\u0636\u0644\u0648\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u062a\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0641\u0636\u0629<\/a> \u0632\u0645\u064a\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629\u061f .. \u0634\u0627\u0631\u0643\u0648\u0646\u0627 \u0622\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0643\u0645 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlVjasSdpb\">pic.twitter.com\/VlVjasSdpb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u0643\u0648\u064a\u062a \u0646\u064a\u0648\u0632 (@KuwaitNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KuwaitNews\/status\/1644792772212260867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boftain also mentioned that in the future, &#8220;Fedha&#8221; could potentially acquire the Kuwaiti accent and deliver news broadcasts on the Kuwait News website&#8217;s Twitter account, which boasts a following of 1.2 million users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFedha is a popular, old Kuwaiti name that refers to silver \u2026 We always imagine robots to be silver and metallic in color, so we combined the two\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Boftain said<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Boftain, the virtual news anchor&#8217;s appearance with blonde hair and light-colored eyes was intended to reflect the diverse population of Kuwait, which includes both Kuwaitis and expatriates. &#8220;Fedha represents everyone,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the initial 13-second video of the AI-generated presenter was released, it garnered a considerable amount of attention on social media, with even journalists weighing in with their reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The swift global advancement of AI technology has brought about the possibility of numerous benefits, particularly in healthcare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>However, it has also sparked concerns about its potential to disseminate disinformation, as well as the risk it poses to job security and creative authenticity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2022 Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders, Kuwait was placed at the 158th spot out of 180 countries and territories surveyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the weekend, the Kuwait News website revealed their latest creation, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yareport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}