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By the time I sat down to watch Channel 4’s latest Dispatches documentary, the twist had already been spoiled for me. I knew from the get-go that the woman presenting the show wasn’t real. Instead, she was AI dressed in a smart suit with a pitch-perfect British television accent – serious, soft and southern.
UK broadcaster Channel 4 claims its use of an AI presenter was a first in TV history. (Russian state media may have a prior claim.) I’m not sure it’s an experiment worth repeating. The deepfake…
