Corporate America has failed to embrace #DEI. An #AI #chatbot could be part of the solution - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/26/jeffrey-bowman-reframe-dei-ai-chat what a quintessential guardian headline...
#AI Has Helped #Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter - https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ "The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry."
Aid not reaching #Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/gaza-aid-food-medical-supplies-backlog all part of the plan, I suppose...
How ‘Analog Privilege’ Spares Elites From The Downsides Of Flawed #AI Decision-Making Systems - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/09/how-analog-privilege-spares-elites-from-the-downsides-of-flawed-ai-decision-making-systems/
‘If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes’: confessions of a #chatbot helper - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/07/if-journalism-is-going-up-in-smoke-i-might-as-well-get-high-off-the-fumes-confessions-of-a-chatbot-helper "Journalists and other writers are employed to improve the quality of chatbot replies. The irony of working for an industry that may well make their craft redundant is not lost on them" #ai
The #AI #Copyright Hype: Legal Claims That Didn’t Hold Up - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/05/the-ai-copyright-hype-legal-claims-that-didnt-hold-up/
New #AI standards group wants to make #datascraping opt-in - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/new-ai-standards-group-wants-to-make-data-scraping-opt-in/ "The Dataset Providers Alliance wants to make AI data licensing ethical."
#NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn #AI. All Hell Broke Loose - https://www.wired.com/story/nanowrimo-organizers-classist-and-ableist-to-condemn-ai/ "Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing." this will run and run...
Salesforce might start charging for each #AI chat - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3499250/salesforce-might-start-charging-for-each-ai-chat.html most will probably be forced to do the same - before going bankrupt
GPs use AI to boost #cancer detection rates in England by 8% - https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/21/gps-use-ai-to-boost-cancer-detection-rates-in-england-by-8 "‘C the Signs’ artificial intelligence program scans medical records to increase likelihood of spotting cancers" great use of #AI
The promise and peril of ‘agentic #AI’ - https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514480/the-promise-and-peril-of-agentic-ai.html "Agentic systems can plan, “understand” intent, and more fully integrate with a much wider range of third-party systems and platforms." what could possibly go wrong...?
Disused Lloyds office sites to be converted into social housing - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/15/disused-lloyds-office-sites-to-be-converted-into-social-housing working from home would free up more offices...just saying
AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/12/ai-prompts-can-boost-writers-creativity-but-result-in-similar-stories-study-finds "Ideas generated by ChatGPT can help writers who lack inherent flair but may mean there are fewer unique ideas" no surprise, #GenAI lacks originality in the true sense
#Ukraine Turns To Flying Machine Guns And #Autonomous #AI-Controlled #Drone Swarms To Counter Russian Numbers - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/03/ukraine-turns-to-flying-machine-guns-and-autonomous-ai-controlled-drone-swarms-to-counter-russian-numbers/ hard to blame them given their situation...
This #AI video of gymnastics might be the freakiest I've seen yet - https://boingboing.net/2024/07/01/this-ai-video-of-gymnastics-might-be-the-freakiest-ive-seen-yet.html whoa, yeah, insane...
Tourists kept away from Capri as water emergency turns island dry - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/22/capri-water-emergency-tourists-mayor it's almost as if all those warning that this would happen were right... #ClimateCrisis
#NewZealand woman takes boyfriend to disputes tribunal because he didn’t take her to the airport - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/21/new-zealand-woman-takes-boyfriend-to-disputes-tribunal-because-he-didnt-take-her-to-the-airport "Woman claims boyfriend breached ‘verbal contract’ by not picking her up, causing her to miss her flight" ex-boyfriend, presumably...
London premiere of movie with #AI-generated script cancelled after backlash - https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/premiere-movie-ai-generated-script-cancelled-backlash-the-last-screenwriter-prince-charles-cinema "Plans to show The Last Screenwriter, whose script is credited to ‘ChatGPT 4.0’, prompted complaints although the film-makers insist the feature is ‘a contribution to the cause’"
Most Downloaded ‘#AI’ Powered News App Routinely Makes Up News - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/18/most-downloaded-ai-powered-news-app-routinely-makes-up-news/ "Whatever this monstrosity we’re building is, it’s most decidedly the complete opposite of what #journalism actually needs."
#Sunak seems convinced that Who Dares Wins. Spoiler alert: sometimes they lose really badly - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/rishi-sunak-pm-nigel-farage "Collectors of moments where Michael Gove just says any old deadpan shit for a laugh are going to have a huge cataloguing exercise on their hands in the coming weeks." #GeneralElection