China's state press agency has unveiled a virtual newsreader designed to deliver headlines 24 hours a day.

　　中国国家新闻机构推出了虚拟的新闻播报员，一天24小时都能播送新闻。

　　Xinhua's “artificial intelligence news anchor” is a lifelike digitised reporter which can read out text by mimicking the image and voice of a real human presenter.

　　新华社的这款“AI合成主播”是真人合成的记者，通过模仿真人主持人的形象和声音来念新闻。

　　The agency claims the virtual presenter – a realistic-looking man, sharply dressed in a suit – “can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor”.

　　新华社称这款虚拟主播，形象逼真，穿着得体的西装“，能够和专业的新闻主播一样，非常自然的播报新闻”。

　　However, the AI newsreader's debut report on Thursday revealed a robotic voice and awkward delivery.

　　不过，在周四的AI主播首秀上，播报的声音还是很机械，听起来并不自然。

　　“Hello, you are watching English news programme. I'm AI anchor in Beijing,” the presenter said at the beginning of its first English-language broadcast.

　　“大家好，您正在收看的是英语新闻频道。我是AI主播，在北京为你播报。”在英语节目播报开始时主持人这样说道。

　　In an introductory video, it said: “I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted.”

　　在介绍视频中，他说;“新闻将会持续不断的进入我的系统，我也会不知疲倦地向大家播报新闻。”

　　The technology synthesises the human presenter's speech, lip movements and facial expressions. It was developed jointly by Xinhua and Chinese search engine Sogou.

　　这项技术合成了真人主播的播报，唇部动作，面部表情。它是由新华社和搜狗引擎共同开发完成。