Google News-Writer , when can I get your API ?

 Hey, Google News-Writer , when can I get your API ?

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MY TAKE :

Saana ( AI anchor of Aaj Tak TV ) and Lisa ( AI anchor of Odisha TV ) are ,
obviously 3D visual animations of , what are essentially 2D pictures – developed
with help of AI . On our flat 2D TV screens, they look very much like a human
anchor

The news stories which they read aloud are compiled in advance, by humans and
typed in text format

Using standard “ Text to Speech “ technologies ( commercially available from
many sources ), Saana / Lisa are able to “ read out “ these scripts , without a
wrong utterance – even better than most human anchors !

Now , if Google succeeds in,

#  developing reliable “ Personal Assistants “ for journalists , which can
“ compile “ news stories ( obviously , by scrapping the news websites on the
internet ), and

#  get BARD to “ summarize “ these stories , a task at which, BARD is very
good

-            then , Aaj Tak and Odisha TV , may just “ sack “ their human “ news
compilers “ !

Have no doubt that Google will oblige by making available ( of course, FREE ,
Open Source ) an API, with insertion of paid ADVTS, here and there !

And this “ manpower saving reform “ may not remain confined to just those “
office based “ news compilers . who are constantly watching dozens of websites /
other TV channels for picking up latest “ Breaking News “

Most TV channels ( at least the big ones ) , also have their “ news compilers “ ,
roaming around the country ( or even abroad ), with their cameramen , to catch
the unfolding of an event and / or , interviewing humans connected with such an
event ( a natural disaster / rape / murder / riot / bandh / accident / dharna / rally
etc )

How long before Google’s GENESIS figures out how to do the job of those “
Roaming Journalists “ ?

If anyone has doubt , she should ask one of those 1.6 million American film-script
writers who are currently on strike , demanding “ elimination of use of AI “ in
films !

But who can stop the relentless march of AI technology ? The wolf is already at
the door !

Among the businesses around the World, there is a fierce battle of “ Survival of
the Fittest “

The war cry is >  CUT MANPOWER COSTS / TRIM or PARISH

India’s TV channels are no exception to this . Expect many more Saana / Lisa to
emerge within months

In today’s economy , it is often that “ Small but fast “ overtakes the “ Big but
Slow