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Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Boosts offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand… 
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Who’d a thunk it?

AI is already making it easier to spread election lies

#politics #AI

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/22/ai-bots-disinformation-clemson-research

Exclusive: Virginia congressional candidate creates AI chatbot as debate stand-in for incumbent

#politics #AI

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/virginia-congressional-candidate-creates-ai-chatbot-debate-stand-in-incumbent-2024-10-08/

"Art is dead, dude. It’s over. AI won. Humans lost": A controversial artist is reportedly losing millions of dollars because the US Copyright Office refused to register his AI-generated collection — it lacks 'human authorship'

#AI #Arr

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/art-is-dead-dude-its-over-ai-won-humans-lost-a-controversial-artist-is-reportedly-losing-millions-of-dollars-because-the-us-copyright-office-refused-to-register-his-ai-generated-collection-it-lacks-human-authorship

Good morning. Blooms a bloomin’ and a bee or two still buzzin’. #photography #Fall #bloomscrolling #today #Chicago #flowers

Who knew C-suite employees would also be replaced so quickly by AI?

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announces she's leaving the company

#OpenAI #AI

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/25/openai-cto-mira-murati-announces-shes-leaving-the-company.html

Don’t look under the hood!

OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its ‘Strawberry’ AI Models

#AI

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/openai-threatens-bans-for-probing-new-ai-models-reasoning-process/

No cupcakes for you!

Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here’s How It Actually Works

#Apple #AppleIntelligence #AI

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-private-cloud-compute-ai/

Good morning. Blooms a bloomin’ #Photography #flowers #BloomScrolling #Chicago #Today

Someone needs to create an AI tool that summarizes User Terms and Conditions agreements with variable input for the categories and subjects we know or suspect they hide in legal mumbo jumbo.

#AI

It’s still early in the game but this deserves a “Who’d a thunk it?”

Investors Are Suddenly Getting Very Concerned That AI Isn't Making Any Serious Money

#AI

https://futurism.com/investors-concerned-ai-making-money

OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT | TechCrunch

#politics #AI

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/16/openai-shuts-down-election-influence-operation-using-chatgpt/

This will not be good.

X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun

#politics #AI

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220173/xai-grok-image-generator-misinformation-offensive-imges

Someone should make a movie about this… oh…wait

Argentina plans to use AI to "predict future crimes and help prevent them"

#AI

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/argentina-plans-to-use-ai-to-predict-future-crimes-and-help-prevent-them/

Well, whadda ya know?

Microsoft says OpenAI is now a competitor in AI and search

#AI

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/microsoft-says-openai-is-now-a-competitor-in-ai-and-search.html

Who’d a thunk it?

Meta blames hallucinations after its AI said Trump rally shooting didn’t happen

#AI #politics

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/30/24210108/meta-trump-shooting-ai-hallucinations

Who’d a thunk it? (Hint: Everybody)

B2B newsletter publisher without journalists exceeds one million subs

#AI

https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/ai-newsletters-publishers-trending-now/