An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months
a year ago
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- An AI-generated radio host named Thy on the Australian radio station CADA went unnoticed for months.
- The show 'Workdays with Thy' features a four-hour mix of hip hop, R&B, and pop without disclosing the host is AI.
- Thy's voice and likeness are modeled after a real employee, created using ElevenLabs AI voice generator.
- The radio station did not disclose the AI host, leading to criticism from voice actors and listeners.
- ARN Media, the owner of CADA, acknowledged the power of human announcers despite the AI experiment.
- Other radio stations, including one in Portland and Sirius XM, have also experimented with AI hosts.
- A Polish radio station faced backlash after replacing journalists with AI hosts, later ending the experiment.