Well, that had to be expected. Such a virtual anchor is much cheaper than a real person, doesn't age or get ill, doesn't want time off ect.
They are even working hard on virtual actors for movies. Also famous actors that are dead since many years, like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, John Wayne. Or letting "real" historic people appear in movies, like JFK, Mao, Churchill and so on.
With CGI everything is possible today.
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