1/ AI chatbots are quietly becoming news intermediaries: about 1 in 10 U.S. adults already use them for news, and more among the young. So we asked whether they're ready. In mid-February, over 14 days, we tested six leading systems on same-day BBC reporting in six languages.
Well worth a read - the NYT publisher on AI:
https://t.co/Bol06SvBhn
"Our profession has been too quiet, too passive and too fragmented in the face of abuses by the companies leading the AI revolution. We cannot watch as AI companies attempt to permanently dismantle the rights that give us control over the work we create. We cannot sit by as this work is used to build replacement products that undermine our ability to earn the audience and revenue necessary to continue reporting the news."
Der grosse Bücherraub. Um ihre Sprachmodelle zu trainieren, haben KI-Firmen massenhaft Bücher geplündert – auch meines war dabei. Der Techkonzern Anthropic soll jetzt zahlen. https://t.co/wU3PaMjSqO
One of the weirdest conversations I've had recently. Had to cut that at one point he asked me if WIRED runs all my writing through an AI detector. https://t.co/QWvdNxUGIT
Israel-Hasserin trifft Politiker im Bundeshaus. In Frankreich steht sie wegen Terrorverherrlichung vor Gericht. Recherche von @FabianEberhard. https://t.co/CT9QNsmv6x
Before Brexit, there were about 300K net migrants a year, mostly from the EU.
After Brexit, immigration shot up to 900K, and EU migration was negative.
It’s amazing how stupid Brexit was from every possible perspective.
Populism is a low IQ movement.
UK and US news outlets including the New York Post, Telegraph, Sun and Mirror have fallen victim to an AI-generated hoax after publishing reports that Thai police dressed in drag to arrest a drug dealer.
Vladimir "He Lives Alone in a Bunker" Putin visits Kazakhstan for three days starting Wednesday, bringing a delegation of more than 30 — nine ministers, state corp heads, & major business figures among them — for talks tied to a Eurasian Economic Union summit in Astana.
Breaking News: James Murdoch is buying New York magazine, Vox Media’s podcast network and the Vox website for more than $300 million, a dramatic expansion in U.S. media for the younger son of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. https://t.co/CgU9Prj0eT
Breaking News: Steven Rosenbaum, the author of “The Future of Truth,” acknowledged that the nonfiction book about the effects of A.I. on truth included misattributed or fake quotes concocted by A.I. https://t.co/QFkX5BqlKs