Is this the future of TV news?

This week, China’s state news agency unveiled the world’s first virtual newsman.

The English-speaking “artificial intelligence” anchor for China’s Xinhua News Agency made its debut at the fifth World Internet Conference.

The virtual Anchor looks very real, but still sounds robotic.

But, on the plus side, he won’t bitch about face time and would take a 2 hour dinner break.

Take a look: