AI News Anchor Mobile App with Gist Technologies

AI-Powered Interactive News Experience

As information overload reshapes how people consume news, young professionals, travellers, and investors are left scrolling through endless text-based feeds-overwhelmed, disengaged, and lacking the personalized context that makes news truly relevant. Our client, an AI-driven news technology startup, is looking to break through this fatigue by reimagining how news is delivered. 

Our team is developing a functional prototype of an AI-powered 3D virtual news anchor that delivers personalized daily briefs through voice and supports real-time conversational Q&A. By integrating generative AI pipelines-including LLM, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and 3D character lip-sync rendering-we're creating a news experience that feels natural, interactive, and human. Our process is grounded in iterative prototyping, user-centered design research, and two rounds of user testing to validate both usability and engagement. 

The anticipated outcome is a vertical-slice playable prototype integrated into the client's existing mobile app, demonstrating the complete user journey-from onboarding to personalized audio news playback to interactive Q&A, supported by a technical playbook, design documentation, and actionable user testing insights.