Beijing time this morning,USA NBC (National Broadcasting Universal) has announced its plans to cover the Olympics in the United States through its television network and Peacock streaming platform service.
NBC announced that the Peacock streaming platform will enable live sports anchors AI-generated speech, used to broadcast and explain the "Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock" program.
Starting from July 27 local time, users who subscribe to Peacock can go to the platform's special "Olympic Center" section to watch highlights from the Paris Olympics - including three favorite sports of their choice, behind-the-scenes stories of athletes, popular moments, etc. Starting from July 28, the section will collect customized highlights videos from the Olympic Games every day.
Peacock said it expects to generateNearly 7 millionPersonalized Olympic highlights video, narrated by an AI version of Michaels.
“AI Anchor" will "reproduce" the voice of NBC sports anchor Al Michaels to comment on each highlight. It is reported that before providing audio and video content to users, the NBC editorial team will review all content in advance to ensureQuality and Accuracy.
Specifically, the voice of the "AI anchor" is based on MichaelsPast content on NBCMichaels himself said, "When I was asked about this, I was skeptical but obviously curious. Then I saw the detailed ideas they demonstrated,I decided to get involved. "