Xinhua hires two UBTECH UWORLD U1 humanoid robots as news anchors
CyberRobooo · x · 2026-11-06
According to the author, Xinhua News hired two biomimetic humanoid news anchors — UBTECH's UWORLD U1 — to host reports. Chinese media has used AI digital hosts for years; now those digital humans have bodies, with loadable personality and memory, able to step off screen and talk to people. Details are as-reported, no source link attached.
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