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Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024

2024/4/3
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

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Award-winning AI journalist Karen Hao) joins Alex and Emily to talk about why LLMs can't possibly replace the work of reporters -- and why the hype is damaging to already-struggling and necessary publications.

References:

Adweek: Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform)

The Quint: AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article by Bihar News Site: A Wake-Up Call?)

Fresh AI Hell:

Alliance for the Future)

VentureBeat: Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to life)

Business Insider: A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then all hell broke loose.)

  • More pranks on chatbots)

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Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park). Production by Christie Taylor.