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
phenomena. they call him the evidence whisper. hello. the college student vanished after a night out clubbing. nancy thought she was out sleeping with friends. it would take years for detectives to uncover the truth buried in a pile of lies but could they find lynsie. here is the night lynsie disappears. reporter: sometimes the facts are as clear as the southern california skies. other times you have to know where to look to see the truth. this man has made a career of noticing what others do not. what s his reputation? meticulous investigator. pouring over the volume of evidence and finding things that other investigators did not find. the evidence whisperer? yep. reporter: does this man acts guilty or does he know more than what he s saying? what about this man, can you believe the story he s telling. i was supposed to pick her up twice, she was so out of character and did not show up either day. reporter: the evidence whisperer were not present o