Barbara Boyd may have retired from television more than two decades ago, but the 96-year-old former journalist is once again making headlines — this time on social media.

Xinhua developed the Chinese- and English-language news presenters with the Chinese search-engine giant Sogou.

The English-speaking "artificial intelligence" anchor for China's Xinhua News Agency made its debut at the fifth World Internet Conference in east China's Zhejiang Province -- which began ...