[2] The AI was unveiled at the 2018 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, China.

[2][3][4] The AI devises avatars patterned after real life Xinhua anchors.

[5] The AI patterned after Qiu Hao spoke in Chinese, while the one derived from the likeness of Zhang Zhao speaks in English.

[7] Xinhua and Sogou would unveil Xin Xiaomeng, an AI with a female avatar in 2019.

[8] People's Daily would follow suit by unveiling their own AI newscaster in 2023.