Journalists watch out — the robot reporters are coming.
Inspire getting ready for an interview.
Imagine a world where you’ll be reading content generated by robots. It’s not that far off, really.
Last week, Xinhua news agency sent its robot reporter, Inspire, to China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) session at the country’s annual parliamentary meetings, known as « Liang Hui. »
Its task? Interview high-level lawmakers.
The NPC session was Inspire’s debut event and part of a series developed by Xinhua to demonstrate the robot’s AI capabilities, which Xinhua says will be « a smart addition to thousands of journalists.
