AI-generated news presenter appears in Kuwait

‘Fedha’ appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait Information, with plans for it to learn on-line bulletins.

A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a digital information presenter generated utilizing synthetic intelligence, with plans for it to learn on-line bulletins.

“Fedha” appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait Information web site as a picture of a girl, her light-coloured hair uncovered, sporting a black jacket and white T-shirt.

“I’m Fedha, the primary presenter in Kuwait who works with synthetic intelligence at Kuwait Information. What sort of information do you like? Let’s hear your opinions,” she was heard saying in classical Arabic.

Kuwait Instances – which merged with Kuwait Information in 2022 – was based in 1961 because the Gulf area’s first English-language day by day. Abdullah Boftain, deputy editor-in-chief of the publication and the web site, mentioned the transfer is a take a look at of AI’s potential to supply “new and modern content material”.

He added that sooner or later, Fedha may undertake the Kuwaiti accent and current information bulletins on the location’s Twitter account.

“Fedha is a well-liked, previous Kuwaiti identify that refers to silver, the metallic. We at all times think about robots to be silver and metallic in color, so we mixed the 2,” Boftain mentioned.

The presenter’s blonde hair and light-coloured eyes replicate the oil-rich nation’s numerous inhabitants of Kuwaitis and expatriates, in line with Boftain.

The speedy rise of AI globally has raised the promise of advantages, corresponding to in healthcare and the elimination of mundane duties, but in addition fears, for instance over its potential unfold of disinformation and its threats to sure jobs and to inventive integrity.