Sogou, the Chinese Internet search engine, has gained worldwide fame through the development of virtual news hosts. The first of them appeared on the Xinhua Agency TV channel in November last year. In March, the cyber girl Xin Xiaomen joined the men's AI team. Now Sogou intends to organize the export of AI presenters to other countries.

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The first client was the United Arab Emirates. According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese Internet giant has signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates state television to create the world's first Arabic-speaking virtual presenter.

The parties to the agreement are confident that the technology will make news broadcasts more qualitative and will boost the development of the media sector of the entire region.
China seeks to achieve leadership in the field of artificial intelligence by 2030, and the development of virtual TV hosts is just one example of technological development. Other Chinese developments include autonomous driving systems, cameras with face recognition and smart city management systems. Many of them are already in demand abroad.

Sberbank recently introduced its version of the AI ​​TV host. A virtual girl named Elena can pronounce the text of the news, but she still has to work on facial expressions and expressions of emotion.

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