**The promotion song of the National Reading Conference is created and sung by Xiaoice framework virtual human**
On April 23, the first National Reading Conference will open in Beijing. The reporter was informed that the theme promotion song “Reading to the Future”, which is completely participated in the lyrics, composition, singing, and visual interpretation of the artificial intelligence Xiaoice framework technology, has been launched simultaneously.
There are two artificial intelligence virtual people participating in the creation of this promotion song, namely Xiaoice (code F002) and He Chang (code F11) created by Xiaoice frame technology. Among them, in addition to Xiaobing’s creative tasks such as composing and co-writing lyrics, artificial intelligence singer He Chang successfully performed the works with expressive timbre and singing skills.
He Chang is currently the “ceiling singer” of the global artificial intelligence singing synthesis technology. His breath and voice during the singing process are close to the level of human singers. Previously, He Chang had participated in the Chengdu Universiade, Shandong Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala and other activities many times, and cooperated with Ma Boqian to launch the Burberry brand song. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, “Only You and No Others” co-launched with the famous musician Xiao Ke also appeared on the hot search.
It is worth mentioning that this event is the first time XiaoIce Framework has announced the visual appearance of He Chang. XiaoIce said that the appearance is generated by XiaoIce Neural Network Rendering Technology (XNR) without any real human traceability, which further implements the active promotion of artificial intelligence technology in the protection of human privacy data.
According to reports, “Reading to the Future” has been released as a public welfare digital collection by the China Music and Digital Association and Tencent Music in limited release. In addition to music works, many covers of the digital collection are also generated by XiaoIce framework through technology, rather than human creation.
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