It's the latest proof for some that perhaps one day we will be replaced by robots -- well, at least all of us here in the news studio.
China's state news agency, Xinhua, debuted their latest hire this week -- a news robot.
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It is all "artificial intelligence" but it's making real headlines after Wednesday's launch at the fifth World Internet Conference in eastern China.
This news "anchor" can work 24 hours a day, and "reduces news production costs and improving efficiency."
Early reviews are calling his reading a little flat and dull.
He was modeled after a real news anchor who works at the agency.
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