Radio Station Duped Audience and Secretly Used an AI Host for Six Months

Radio Station Duped Audience and Secretly Used an AI Host for Six Months

For six months, an Australian radio station aired a daily show hosted by a young-sounding woman named Thy—cheerful, confident, and always on beat—until listeners started asking: who is she? Turns out, she’s not a person at all. CADA, a Sydney-based station owned by Australian Radio Network (ARN), ran “Workdays with Thy” every weekday, with Thy introducing tracks and hosting music commentary for four hours a day. The station promoted her as a fre…

The radio station CADA, owned by the ARN network and broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, caused a stir after it was discovered that one of its presenters, Thy, was not a real person but a character created using artificial intelligence. Thy's voice was based on that of an employee in the network's finance department, but the station did not reveal to listeners that she was a non-human presenter. Thy's radio show, "Workdays with Thy," aired for ab…

Australia’s CADA Radio busted for using AI host without telling listeners

Australian Radio Network’s Sydney-based station CADA is facing backlash after it was revealed that one of its weekday shows—Workdays with Thy—was hosted not by a real person, but by an AI-generated voice. Listeners had no idea they were tuning in to a bot.Thy, the supposed host, aired Monday through Friday, introducing songs and chatting casually like any other presenter. The show was promoted on CADA’s official website as:“Curated by our music …