Sarah Harte: We struggle to keep up as artificial intelligence technology surges ahead

Even tech libertarian Elon Musk warns against the power of unregulated AI software — fears that will be heightened as Kuwait News unveils its first AI-generated news presenter
Sarah Harte: We struggle to keep up as artificial intelligence technology surges ahead

Fake news? In a tweet, Kuwait News announced Fedha as 'the first broadcaster in Kuwait that works with artificial intelligence'. You can see the short clip of the AI-generated presenter in their tweet below.

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023 - 02:00
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Sarah Harte
Sarah Harte is a lawyer, a published, prize-winning fiction writer and works as a strategist for a domestic violence organisation.

Last Saturday, a Kuwait media outlet unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence (AI).

‘Fedha’ appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait News website on Saturday as an image of a woman, her hair uncovered, wearing a black jacket and white T-shirt.

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