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The idea that media jobs will be taken over by computer programmes has acquired a whole new dimension -- a visual one.
The Chinese have created a virtual news-reader -- a digitally created persona with chilling similarity to a human -- that presents bulletins without breaks, stress or a salary.
Early Friday, videos started doing rounds of Qiu Hao, the artificial news anchor, who, dressed in a suit and tie, is seen reading a 30-second segment. At one part, it says, "Not only can I accompany you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I can be endlessly
