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and if so, how might that happen? we ve already seen some service-based and manufacturing jobs turned to ai in a big way. but what about other industries? can ai replace journalists or news anchors? perhaps it already has. anderson cooper: because what you just saw and heard a moment ago was not actually me. this is me, anderson cooper. anderson cooper ai: and i am an ai-generated anderson cooper. anderson cooper: that wasn t my real voice. and i never spoke the words you just heard. we asked a young student in california to create a fully end-to-end ai version of me. looks like me sounds like me and it didn t take him very long to do it. anderson cooper ai: this ai version of me was created in just a few weeks actually, with open-source tools. anderson cooper: and remember, this technology is still in its infancy. it s only going to get better and faster and more accurate, which raises all sorts of questions, like how will we know what s real? anderson cooper ai: and what is
tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi
now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top