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    An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months

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    1. MetaKnowing on

      “For months, a popular Australian radio station has used an AI-generated DJ to host one of its segments — and no one seemed to notice. The show, [called *Workdays with Thy*](https://www.cada.com.au/shows/workdays-with-thy/), offers a four-hour mix of hip hop, R&B, and pop, with no indication that the voice of its host, Thy, is AI-generated.

      *Workdays with Thy* is broadcast on the Sydney radio station CADA. Its owner, ARN Media, confirmed to the *Financial Review* that while Thy is AI-generated, the host’s voice and likeness are modeled after an actual employee in the company’s financial department

      “Curated by our music experts, these are the songs that are charting or on the cusp of blowing up — hear it first with Thy so you can boast to your friends and say you were all over it first,” the [show’s description says](https://www.cada.com.au/shows/workdays-with-thy/).”

    3. joestaff on

      How pointless. It’s a section that basically just plays music, so why not *just play music*?

    4. aDarkDarkNight on

      Well radio DJ’s have specialized in mindless drivel for years so no surprise there really.

    5. Dan-au on

      This is likely fake news.

      It’s been widely reported yet there’s no evidence to support it, not even a recording of the show.

    6. Chigao_Ted on

      I’m like 88% sure there’s a radio station in Saskatchewan that has an ai host

    7. FreeNumber49 on

      I’ve heard some clips from similar AI radio hosts. A casual listener can’t tell.

    8. Riversntallbuildings on

      That’s because everyone turns the station when the announcer comes on. Radio DJs are only good for interrupting great music. :/

    9. ScotchCarb on

      > “popular”

      I hate journalism, and hate it even more when they use this weaselly bullshit language

      They reckon they had 72,000 listeners.

      They service the Blue Mountain region & parts of Western Sydney & Penrith, and can be listened to Australia wide through digital radio.

      The Blue Mountains has a population of about 78,000, who would be in range of their main FM broadcast.

      So yeah if the majority of the local population within range of their main FM tower are listening to this station, you could say it’s “a popular Australian radio station”. Maybe some variance for people outside the Blue Mountain area.

      But it’s not popular.

      And like… When it comes to “listening to the radio” the culture here (and probably the rest of the world) is you have workshops, garages, reception area, whatever, with a radio buried somewhere behind a filing cabinet and fourteen years of receipts. It’s set to whatever station gets decent reception and it’s background noise.

      Nobody is listening, it’s just noise, and the DJ’s contribution is just yapping some mindless drivel between the songs.

      Nobody “noticed” or discovered it because nobody was listening and nobody cares. So the company driving the AI tech behind this has blown the whistle on themselves to try and get attention. It’s just more tech bro slop shit being pushed by tech bro sloppers.