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As if life in wartime Ukraine wasn't surreal enough, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this week introduced an AI-generated “spokesperson” to be used to issue official statements on Ukraine's behalf. .
“Victoria Sea” appears to be wearing a dark suit and reading a script provided by humans. Debut on social media By introducing yourself.
“I'm a digital human, which means the text you're hearing was generated by artificial intelligence,” the bot said in its first video posted Wednesday. “With my appointment, we take a step into the future.”
“The AI only generates the visual part,” Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Guardian. The text that the bot reads is created by your agency.
He added that the feat was a “technological leap forward that no diplomatic service in the world has yet achieved” and was created to save diplomats' time and resources.
She is modeled after singer Rosalie Nombre, a former contestant on the Ukrainian reality show The Bachelor.
Its first name is based on the word “victory,” and its last name is based on the Ukrainian word for artificial intelligence, “shtuchniy intelekt.”
