April 26 news, according to foreign media The Verge reported today, a few months, a well-known radio station in Australia quietly used the AI A generated host hosts the program with little to no notice. The program, Workdays with Thy, offers a four-hour daily mix of hip-hop, R&B, and pop music, without revealing that the host, Thy, is actually an AI-generated "avatar".
Workdays with Thy was broadcast on Sydney's CADA Radio. The station's parent company, ARN Media, confirmed that although Thy was AI-generated, the voice and imageBased on a real employee in the company's finance department.The voice is generated by the AI speech generation platform ElevenLabs Productions.
Both on the official CADA website and the show itself.None of the presenters are labeled as AI. The program description reads, "Curated by music experts, these songs have either charted or are about to burst onto the scene -- be the first to listen on Thy, stay ahead of the trends, and show off your musical tastes to your friends."
In recent years,AI-generated content is not disclosedThe situation has come up frequently. In January, Microsoft released an AI-produced Surface commercial, but only recently did it admit to the public that AI was used.
1AI has learned from reports that Workdays with Thy went live in November 2024, and according to listening data, the showAt least 72,000 people have been reached.. Teresa Lim, vice president of the Australian Voice Actors Association, slammed ARN Media on Collab, criticizing it for not clearly informing listeners that the presenter was generated by AI. "Australian listeners deserve access toHonesty and transparencyinformation, rather than being uninformed.Putting your trust in an avatar. "
ARN CEO Ciaran Davis said, "We are trying to discern what is real and what is not. We recognize the influence of our current presenters."