Xinhua and UBTECH unveil two humanoid AI news anchors

Xinhua unveiled humanoid robot news anchors Xinyan and Xinyu on November 5, according to a November 6 report. The report says Xinhua and UBTECH jointly built the anchors, connected them to Xinhua's news-information agent and used character designs led by director Zhang Yimou. ([finance.sina.com.cn](https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-11-06/doc-inixtxky8311452.shtml))