Hong Kong’s government-backed broadcaster RTHK has begun to use Artificial Intelligence-generated (AI) voices in place of some human presenters, saying that generative AI was increasingly pervasive and helped “relieve the staff shortage pressures.” Journalist Aaron Busch spotted the AI voice being used to host sports news on RTHK English-language channel Radio 3 this week. Meanwhile, AI virtual idol “Aida” has been hosting weather reports since last June. Aida also encouraged Hongkongers to vote in the “patriots-only” local elections last November. “The use of Generative AI to assist productio…
