EXCLUSIVE : A senior Channel 4 executive has said that the UK network is planning further AI experiments after screening a show hosted entirely by a machine-generated presenter.

Channel 4 unleashed AI journalist Aisha Gaban on Monday night in Will AI Take My Job? , but only revealed to viewers in the final seconds of the documentary that she was not a real human.

The intentionally provocative stunt was firmly within Channel 4’s remit to push creative boundaries and challenge audiences. Filmed as part of C4’s Dispatches strand, it was the network’s second most-watched show of the day, with 564,000 viewers.

Louisa Compton, Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs, told Deadline that it was “quite scary” how quickly Gaban became realistic, as producer Kalel Productions kept ite

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