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futuretech January 22, 2024: “Neil Thompson along with Maja S. Svanberg and Wensu Li from the MIT FutureTech, Martin Fleming from The Productivity Institute, and Brian C. Goehring from IBM’s Institute for Business Value, have published a new article. This article introduces an innovative AI task automation model. It offers an end-to-end assessment framework, focusing …
Daily Beast: “You’ve likely already been schooled on how to spot a deepfake, a dangerous but relatively immature artificial intelligence tool. Are there odd shadows or glares? Are the lips synced up with the audio? Are there too many or too few fingers on the hands? But as Israel and Hamas wage war on both …
Fortune – MIT study: Artificial intelligence can’t replace the majority of jobs right now in cost-effective ways, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found in a study that sought to address fears about AI replacing humans in a swath of industries. In one of the first in-depth probes of the viability of AI displacing labor, researchers …
Tech Crunch: “Google’s Chrome web browser is getting an infusion of AI technology in the latest release. The company announced today it’s soon adding a trio of new AI-powered features to Chrome for Mac and Windows, including a way to smartly organize your tabs, customize your theme, and get help when writing things on the …
Futurism: “The internet’s steady fall into the AI-garbled dumpster continues. As Vice reports, a recent study conducted by researchers at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI Lab found that a “shocking amount of the web” is already made up of poor-quality AI-generated and translated content. The paper is yet to be peer-reviewed, but “shocking” feels …
Via LLRX – Introducing AI Prompt Worksheets for the Legal Profession – Jennifer (Greig) Wondracek identified that her AI results are much better when she stops and thinks them through, providing a high level of detail and a good explanation of what she want the AI system to produce. So, good law librarian that she is, …
MakeUseOf: ” AI prompt marketplaces offer ready-to-use prompts for generative AI tools, saving time and effort in crafting effective prompts. AI prompt engineers post their results to AI prompt marketplaces, creating high-quality prompts that consistently deliver desired results. You can find specific AI prompts for challenging and unique tasks for a wide range of generative …
404 Media: “Google News is boosting sites that rip-off other outlets by using AI to rapidly churn out content, 404 Media has found. Google told 404 Media that although it tries to address spam on Google News, the company ultimately does not focus on whether a news article was written by an AI or a …
First Monday. Why do people use ChatGPT? Exploring user motivations for generative conversational AI by Marita Skjuve, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, and Asbjorn Folstad. “Generative conversational artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, has attracted substantial attention since November 2022. The advent of this technology showcases the vast potential of such AI for generating and processing text …
“Politico Pro paid subscribers will now see “thousands more Federal bill summaries” generated by AI. The new Legislative Compass feature delivers both brief and in-depth bill summaries of federal bills, which Politico says should help public policy professionals respond to legislative changes faster. The news comes after Politico’s parent company, Axel Springer, and OpenAI announced …
The New Yorker [free to read]: “Intellectual property accounts for some or all of the wealth of at least half of the world’s fifty richest people, and it has been estimated to account for fifty-two per cent of the value of U.S. merchandise exports. I.P. is the new oil. Nations sitting on a lot of …
The Verge: “How one artist feels about her work being scraped for AI. Dorothy Gambrell of Cat and Girl (IYKYK) has made a comic about being named as one of the artists used to train Midjourney. Gambrell refers to herself as “small-time” and her discussion of her ambitions may clarify why a lot of creators …
