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„These folks had this information and lied to us, and we could have staved off some of the most significant consequences,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. “It’s shameful. It’s sickens you to your core.” nytimes.com/2023/09/15/busin…
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„We are confronted with Synthetic Journalism“ @RangaYogeshwar about the use and dangers of AI in journalism #GMF23 @DeutscheWelle @DW_GMF
Our generative AI principles:
i) For the benefit of readers
ii) For the benefit of our mission, our staff and the wider organisation
iii) With respect for those who create and own content theguardian.com/help/insideg…
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CC @dw_innovation @BR_AILab @ai4mediaproject @birgit_gray
Surveys of ChatGPT use by are starting to appear.
The recent Pew Research survey shows dramatic adoption by consumers (pewresearch.org/short-reads/…).
This WAN-IFRA survey shows dramatic adoption by journalists.
Reminder: It launched 6 months ago.
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"weitere Illustration des sich beschleunigenden Klimawandels und seiner katastrophalen Auswirkungen auf Länder, die nichts getan haben, um zur globalen Erwärmung beizutragen" @antonioguterres tagesschau.de/ausland/kongo-…
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xyz in a Wes Anderson movie. @OlafScholz nowhere around
Have you ever imagined what political figures would look like if they were characters in a Wes Anderson movie? AI is fun 👇
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CC: @XRECO_EU
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Ecologically minded saboteurs have generally been presented onscreen either as villains…unserious radicals who, in their impatience/naïveté, go too far. The film does contain critiques of its young protagonists’ scheme, but it remains open to the possibility that they are right.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is a thriller rooted in a timely fear: We do not know how the future will see us. nyti.ms/3zwZsce
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"Created a working group and small engineering team to focus on learning about the technology, considering the public policy and IP questions ...consulting and training our staff, and exploring safely and responsibly how the technology performs when applied to journalistic use."
At the @guardian we've been quite quiet about generative AI. It's mainly because we're treating a complex topic with the care it requires. Here's my piece on journalism, responsibility and why, in some crucial respects, nothing has changed theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Fünf dpa-Guidelines für Künstliche Intelligenz #chatgpt innovation.dpa.com/2023/04/0…
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If you just can't get enough of AI audio join us during the 9:45 break at the @dw_akademie booth for a presentation of @dw_innovation @selma_project Podcast Maker @andygiefer #RDE23
📍TRACK 4⃣
⏰ 09:05 - 09:45
Forget the big visions and talk of future potential for a second, what are the hands-on use cases of AI-powered audio and synthetic voice in production today?
@WedelSoft @OlleZ
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„an opportunity to compose in an entirely new way. I am not ready to give up on writing …anytime soon—or ever. But I am seduced by the prospect of launching a handful…little computer writers inside my work.. leaving novel textual remnants behind long after I have left the page“
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„ChatGPT might entirely replace certain kinds of writers, such as grant writers or marketers, by letting companies directly automate the creation of grant applications and press releases with minimal human oversight.“ economics.mit.edu/sites/defa…
👀Two early papers find the effects of generative AI on knowledge work are completely unprecedented in modern history
Separate studies of both writers and programmers find 50% increases in productivity with AI, and higher performance and satisfaction. And this is just the start.
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„Maximizing the utility of automation requires human reasoning/thinking/creativity before feeding it to the machine, and human oversight (. may include more reasoning/thinking/creativity) after it comes out the other side…speed matters-quality matters more-accuracy matters most“
How will journalists use ChatGPT? Clues from a newsroom that’s been using AI for years nie.mn/3SIKeJN — all the advice here resonates.
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Context here: thehill.com/opinion/energy-e… via @rahmstorf
US Heat Wave part. 1 (Southeast)
Today Texas reached 101F/38.3C again at Falcon Lake,while Florida had 92F and Georgia 88F.
Main February heat records broken in Alabama and Mississippi:
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88 Columbia
87 Tupelo
86 Laurel
84 Greenwood (tied)
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86 Muscle Shoals
82 Haleyville
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“New technologies unfortunately typically bring out both the best and worst in people,” (Microsoft President) Smith wrote. It will take an all-out effort to beat back the worst and bring forth the best.“ #generativeai #chatgpt nytimes.com/2023/02/22/opini…
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