Can AI News Anchors Protect Journalists? | September 20, 2024

[Music] hello and happy Friday everyone the weekend is here I'm Quay wire and this is CNN 10 where we're finishing out this week strong with the best 10 minutes in news because of you I am pumped to get into today's stories with you so let's get right to it we're going to start with this incredible story in Venezuela where years of political conflict and controversial elections in July have led journalists to find innovative ways to safely do their jobs the two anchors you see here are AI avatars of the news program Venezuela retweets now the

show is the brainchild of a group of media organizations who want to protect their real life journalists from a Crackdown on Free Speech Venezuela has been experiencing political and economic Strife since president Nicholas Maduro took over from his predecessor in 2013 since then he's used Democratic processes like referendums to extend his executive power over government while imprisoning political enemies and attacking the Judiciary Branch maduro's time in office has seen political corruption urban violence astronomical prices and shortages of goods that Venezuelans took to the streets to protest over the years and deadly protests erupted across the

country following its disputed July 28th presidential election that named Maduro the winner with little proof the authoritarian regime has not stopped cracking down on citizens and journalists since then organizations say at least 16 journalists have been detained covering the Nationwide protests all but four of them are still behind bars for charges like terrorism it's that threat that's LED these journalists to get creative because of government censorship most folks get their news on social media well Venezuela retweets is streamed online that makes it harder to trace the video and easier for AI avatars to front a

newscast now artificial intelligence doesn't come without its own risks in the wrong hands it can be used to spread disinformation and erode trust in institutions and some of you on social media even asked if I am Ai and I can g g g g guarantee you that there are no glitches in this system actually there are a lot of glitches and that's how you know I am not AI all right our of pan has more hey Chama can you speak in English of course and my partner Elana does too hello CNN thanks for the invitation

can you recognize AI alatar from real journalists these two avatars were launched by a collective of journalists in Venezuela to protect the identities of reporters after the government intensified cracking down on Independent Media following July's election ction Venezuelan authorities proclaimed the strongman Nicolas Maduro the winner without showing any proof and when people took to the streets to protest hundreds were detained including 10 journalists 24 people died as avatars we are in a way an expression of the face of Journalism that cannot show its face today because of the high risk of being detained and prosecuted

under hate incitement laws while the images are AI real journalists scrip and record the voices of the Avatar their identities protected for safety reasons imagine that even photos taken of the demonstrations have to be distorted because the government can use them to track down citizens who are protesting the election results over, 15500 people have been detained but how can I be sure that the information you share is real we always clarify that although we are avatars we are the re result of the intelligence of over a 100 Venezuelan journalists AI is sometimes touted as a

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