China TV station replaces its weathergirl with a 'chatbot'
Shanghai
THERE'S a new meteorologist on Dragon TV, a news station based in China, and her bosses are raving about her work ethic. The newbie takes no vacations or holidays. She's never late to work and never stumbles on air. Of course, it's easy to be the star employee when you're really a robot.
She is "very hard-working", said Song Jiongming, news director of Shanghai Media Group, which runs Dragon TV, in an e-mail interview. "Xiaoice works more efficiently than human forecasters."
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