Newsroom AI Poses Opportunities, Challenges: New survey identifies journalists' hopes and worries for Generative AI
Generative AI

Newsroom AI Poses Opportunities, Challenges: New survey identifies journalists' hopes and worries for Generative AI

Journalists are approaching text generators with cautious optimism, a new study shows. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science surveyed workers at over 100 news organizations worldwide. 85 percent of respondents said they had experimented with generative AI.

October 11, 20232 min read
Facebook’s Generative Facelift: All about the AI upgrades of Meta's Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram
Generative AI

Facebook’s Generative Facelift: All about the AI upgrades of Meta's Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram

Meta is rolling out AI-powered upgrades to its social platforms. Meta announced a chat interface, image generator, and celebrity tie-ins for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The new capabilities take advantage of LLaMa 2 and an unnamed image generator, presumably CM3leon.

October 11, 20232 min read
Facebook’s Generative Facelift: All about the AI upgrades of Meta's Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram
Generative AI

Facebook’s Generative Facelift: All about the AI upgrades of Meta's Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram

Meta is rolling out AI-powered upgrades to its social platforms. Meta announced a chat interface, image generator, and celebrity tie-ins for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The new capabilities take advantage of LLaMa 2 and an unnamed image generator, presumably CM3leon.

October 11, 20232 min read
GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do
Generative AI

GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do

Few people have had a chance to try out OpenAI’s GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), but many of those who have played with it expressed excitement. 

October 11, 20233 min read
GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do
Generative AI

GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do

Few people have had a chance to try out OpenAI’s GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), but many of those who have played with it expressed excitement. 

October 11, 20233 min read
Video Sharing Goes Generative: YouTube’s upcoming AI features help producers easily reach bigger audiences.
Generative AI

Video Sharing Goes Generative: YouTube’s upcoming AI features help producers easily reach bigger audiences.

YouTube is reinventing itself for the era of generative AI. The Google-owned video platform is adding generated topic ideas, backgrounds, music suggestions, and audio translations. These capabilities will be available in late 2023 or early 2024.

October 4, 20231 min read
Video Sharing Goes Generative: YouTube’s upcoming AI features help producers easily reach bigger audiences.
Generative AI

Video Sharing Goes Generative: YouTube’s upcoming AI features help producers easily reach bigger audiences.

YouTube is reinventing itself for the era of generative AI. The Google-owned video platform is adding generated topic ideas, backgrounds, music suggestions, and audio translations. These capabilities will be available in late 2023 or early 2024.

October 4, 20231 min read
Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.
Generative AI

Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.

Amazon cut a multi billion-dollar deal with AI startup Anthropic, giving it a powerful ally in the generative arms race. Amazon committed to investing as much as $4 billion in Anthropic. In return, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the primary provider of Anthropic’s Claude and other models.

October 4, 20232 min read
Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.
Generative AI

Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.

Amazon cut a multi billion-dollar deal with AI startup Anthropic, giving it a powerful ally in the generative arms race. Amazon committed to investing as much as $4 billion in Anthropic. In return, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the primary provider of Anthropic’s Claude and other models.

October 4, 20232 min read
U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.
Generative AI

U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.

Screenwriters and movie studios reached a landmark agreement that restricts uses of AI to produce scripts for television and movies.

October 4, 20232 min read
U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.
Generative AI

U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.

Screenwriters and movie studios reached a landmark agreement that restricts uses of AI to produce scripts for television and movies.

October 4, 20232 min read
Truth in Online Political Ads: Google tightens restrictions on AI-made political ads.
Generative AI

Truth in Online Political Ads: Google tightens restrictions on AI-made political ads.

Google, which distributes a large portion of ads on the web, tightened its restrictions on potentially misleading political ads in advance of national elections in the United States, India, and South Africa.

September 13, 20233 min read
Truth in Online Political Ads: Google tightens restrictions on AI-made political ads.
Generative AI

Truth in Online Political Ads: Google tightens restrictions on AI-made political ads.

Google, which distributes a large portion of ads on the web, tightened its restrictions on potentially misleading political ads in advance of national elections in the United States, India, and South Africa.

September 13, 20233 min read
GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
Generative AI

GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.

Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...

September 13, 20232 min read
GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
Generative AI

GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.

Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...

September 13, 20232 min read

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