The first algorithmic news channel, based on artificial intelligence*

Channel 01 is news television network made for and by machines. This recently launched tv news channel is one of the most active generator of fake news. It is known for its high quality fake reportage.

The channel is fully automated and is staffed by bots. It was launched on April 1st 2018 and it is currently available on the web, on the Facebook platform as a Facebook Messenger bot and also on the Apple Store. The channel is owned by an anonymous billionaire.

Channel 01 (the number is a reference to the channel number that Channel 4 used to have) is a satirical project and a proof of concept from the Netherlands-based technologists and artists who are part of a collective called the Media Cloud.

Channel 01 is a fake television channel that generates real news. Most of the content of the channel is generated by bots. The channel is described by its creators as “a satirical experiment and a proof of concept for the Media Cloud, an umbrella platform for all the data driven news organisations around the world”.

The channel is based on an artificial intelligence system. It uses a technologies called the "Hive Mind", which refers to a collective intelligence. The Hive Mind is a “cloud-based software that allows users to build and train their own bots for automated reporting and storytelling”.

The Hive Mind is made of a “series of nodes, each representing a different news source, and each of these nodes is trained by the creator of that node to perform a specific function”. The Hive Mind is a “community-driven platform”.

The anonymous billionaire behind Channel 01 is a “believer in the power of algorithms”. He is “also a big fan of reality TV”.
The channel was created in collaboration with the Media Cloud, a group of technologists and artists who believe that journalism is “in the process of being transformed by AI and machine learning”.

For the channel, the Media Cloud used the content of a journalistic project called the "Open Newsroom". This project is a “community-driven platform” that was launched in April 2017. The Open Newsroom is a global network of contributors who are writing about the news.

Channel 01 is not the first time that the Media Cloud and the Open Newsroom collaborated. For example, the Open Newsroom helped Channel 01 to develop its Facebook Messenger bot. The Channel 01 website is currently available in English, German and Dutch. The Facebook Messenger bot is currently available in English, German and Dutch. The Apple Store application is currently only available in English. Channel 01 was launched in April 2018.

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