Here’s the latest @Digiday AI Briefing with a recap of last week’s #genAI news about Meta, OpenAI, IBM, Getty Images, Spotify, Amazon, WGA and more:
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Journalism and Generative AI Course Enrollment Announcement
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Really excited for this @JCourses class about journalism and generative AI! Anyone else enrolled? Thanks for teaching it, @aimeetwoee & @srhm_ca! https://
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Anthropomorphic AI Design Poses Significant Safety Risks Report
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If you haven't read @Public_Citizen
's new report about anthropomorphic design and AI systems, I highly recommend it. https://
citizen.org/article/chatbo
ts-are-not-people-dangerous-human-like-anthropomorphic-ai-report/
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Meta Launches Human-Like AI Characters Amid Safety Concerns
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During #MetaConnect, Meta unveiled new generative AI tools for users, developers and businesses as well as dozens of new celebrity AI "characters." Meanwhile, consumer advocates are warning of the dangers of designing AI to appear “human-like." My latest: https://
digiday.com/media/meta-add
s-a-human-element-to-ai-while-others-warn-it-all-could-be-too-human-like/
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Getty Images debut latest GenAI innovations
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I forgot to share some of my latest #GenAI stories so here’s a quick recap ranging from big hardware & software news from @Amazon & Microsoft/
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ChatGPT Real-Time News: Benefits and Misinformation Risks
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This finally makes ChatGPT useful for news and real-time information.
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 27 septembre 2023
On the other hand, what new risks does this now create with hallucinations & misinformation? https://t.co/I2m1d3EXcSThis finally makes ChatGPT useful for news and real-time information. On the other hand, what new risks does this now create with hallucinations & misinformation?
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ChatGPT Writes Short Story in Gibson Style
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I couldn’t help myself and asked ChatGPT to write a short story about this same concept and to write in the style of @GreatDismal
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AI Photo Editing Without Consent: Digital Soma Problem
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“…what happens when we can’t remember if we used the AI on our photos or not? What if a future upgrade tweaks our photos and we don’t even know?” Like a digital version of “soma” in Brave New World, but for memory & without our consent. A wild, worrisome & realistic concept.
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Meta Connect Keynote Analysis: AI Trends Word Cloud
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I had my @otter_ai create a word cloud out of the transcript from my recording of the #MetaConnect keynote and here’s what it shows: