A radio station in Australia is confronted with a recoil for the use of a host generated by AI for a program without making it known to listeners. CADA, a radio station located in Sydney that is owned by the Australian Radio Network (ARN), created an AI Avatar to present a four-hour weekday show broadcast to West Sydney and available on the IHeart radio app.
The show called Working days with your contained a radio jockey called Thy who had presented the show for almost six months since NVember 2024, according to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald.
“Every weekday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. while you are working, driving around, doing commuting on public transport or at Uni, you will play the most popular songs from all over the world,” read the description of the show on the CADA website.
“Compiled by our music experts, these are the songs that map or are about to blow up … So if your day sees a little Bleh, you and Kada leave the energy and atmosphere to lift your mood,” it added.
At no time during the show, nor somewhere on the Arn website, the use of AI was revealed, which led to the recoil of listeners.
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It was revealed that the Elflabs radio station used – a generative AI -audio platform that converts text into speech to create you. The parable and voice of the AI Avatar were based on a real employee in the Arn Finance team.
“We have tested AI -audiotools on CADA, with the help of the voice of your, an Arn team member. This is a space that is investigated worldwide by broadcasters, and the test has offered valuable insights,” an ARN spokesperson confirmed the use of AI.
Teresa Lim, the vice president of the Australian Association of Voice Actors, said that the incident emphasized the need for the necessary legislation on AI.
“Authenticity and truth are so important for broadcasting media. The public deserves to know what the source is of what is being broadcast. We must now have these discussions before AI is so advanced that it is too difficult to regulate.”
According to The Australian Financial Review, The AI-hosted show had reached at least 72,000 people in last month's reviews.
