2 verified, source-linked AI implementations documented between 2016–2024.
3D AI journalist developed in partnership with DeepBrain AI (South Korean AI video company); bilingual AI presenter with English and Chinese language capabilities; focuses on cultural journalism — introducing Chinese cultural heritage, traditions and contemporary culture to international audiences; leverages DeepBrain's multilingual text-to-speech technology and AI avatar system; designed to bridge cultural understanding by presenting Chinese culture in multiple languages for non-Chinese speaking audiences; part of China Daily's international digital engagement strategy; distinct from China Daily's AI-powered personalized news recommendation app and AI translation features
An AI-powered interactive interview letting viewers ask a Nepali transgender rights activist questions out loud or in writing and get answers in real time, auto-assembled from an at-length video interview. Voice recognition plus natural-language processing match each question to the relevant clip, cut video on the fly, and surface journalistic context cards that add information and fact-check the subject's statements. Built for Asia Weekly's Red-Letter Project, an online-storytelling experimentation initiative; framed by reporter Marc Lajoie as a way to step back and put the subject centre stage rather than filter her story through an outside framing.
China Daily is one of 58 organizations in China documented in the index, which holds 75 cases from the country. Its work spans 2 function types, including AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters, documented across 54 organizations worldwide.