GMA Integrated News introduced its AI sportscasters at the opening of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 on Sunday, September 24, to a not-so welcoming public.

Named Maia and Marco, the two sportscasters were generated by artificial intelligence using image generation, text-to-speech voice synthesis/generation, and deep learning face animation technology.

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