Connectivity optimisation, transcription services, and real-time customer support are among the areas of live production where the value of AI-based technologies is increasingly evident, writes David Davies.
If the use of AI to produce and organise archive material was always going to be complex and controversial, then it stands to reason that its deployment as part of live production workflows was likely to be even more hotly debated. Nonetheless, now that we are a few years into the AI revolution, its primary areas of application in live broadcasting are becoming increasingly clear...
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