The first prediction? Very likely. the second? Bizarrely anti-human nature. Talking heads are just teleprompter-reading mouthpieces. Actual "commentators" like Tucker Carlson are personalities people like (or hate), but the guy reading the headlines? Whoever.News from Next Week (TM)
Entire newsrooms gutted as AI commentators appear.
Actual human reporters have disappeared from TV screens across the country. Instead AI "digital replicas" have replaced live commentators. They will simply read the news that is selected and will have the appropriate facial movements and body language.
News from the Week After That (Registered Trademark)
Millions of people have cancelled TV subscriptions in protest. A typical comment is: "I don't want to pay to watch digital puppets on TV."
Walter Cronkite is *way* in the rear-view. Hell "virtual" news readers aren;t "news from next week," but news from several years ago.
Here's one from five years ago. At least in English it really sucks, but that tech is *ancient* now. Hardly surprising that the Chinese are leading the way; the AI "news presenter" is the perfect mouthpiece for government propaganda, as it won;t slip up or do anything unwanted.