AI

There was a WaPo article on Friday about publishers seeking payments from OpenAI for using their copyrighted material for training purposes. Not a new thought. However... Continue Reading →

I’m doing a special off-the-record session on AI for senior leaders next Thursday afternoon at the Paley Center for Media in midtown Manhattan that includes an introductory class on ChatGPT and a conversation on urgent AI topics with Dotdash Meredith’s CIO, Jon Roberts. Continue Reading →

Universal Music's recent lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic underscores a pressing issue at the intersection of AI and copyright law. The suit alleges that Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude reproduces copyrighted song lyrics almost verbatim, infringing on the rights of music publishers like Concord and Universal. Continue Reading →

Researchers discovered that large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT-4 can infer personal attributes from seemingly innocuous text snippets. Continue Reading →

A recent Gallup survey revealed significant insights into U.S. teenagers' social media habits. More than 51% of teens spend an average of 4.8 hours daily on social platforms. Age and gender differences are evident: 13-year-olds average 4.1 hours, 17-year-olds reach 5.8 hours, and girls spend nearly an hour more than boys. Continue Reading →

The bipartisan "No Fakes Act" of 2023 seeks to standardize rules around the use of digital replicas of faces, names, and voices. Continue Reading →

Character.AI, the a16z-backed startup, has introduced a new feature, the Character Group Chat, which allows users to engage in group chats that include both AI characters and human participants. Continue Reading →

Adobe, in collaboration with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), has launched the "icon of transparency." This symbol – embeddable in images, videos, and PDFs – reveals content provenance, including its creation via AI tools. When viewers encounter this icon online, hovering over it discloses details about the content's ownership, the AI tool utilized, and other production specifics. Continue Reading →

Google Cloud has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered search tool that consolidates data from clinical notes, scanned documents, and electronic health records. This will help healthcare professionals retrieve relevant information more efficiently, and could alleviate some of the administrative burden on physicians. Continue Reading →

The rise of the Epik app (and its AI-powered yearbook photos) has spotlighted a curious trend: students opting for generative AI images in their school yearbooks. At face value, it's a novel application of technology, blending nostalgia with the cutting-edge, but it raises questions about authenticity, memory, and our posterity. Continue Reading →