Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024
Podcast:Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Published On: Wed Apr 03 2024 Description: 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 PlatformThe Quint: AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article by Bihar News Site: A Wake-Up Call?Fresh AI Hell:Alliance for the FutureVentureBeat: Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to lifeBusiness Insider: A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then all hell broke loose.More pranks on chatbotsCheck out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see. Our merch store is now live on the DAIR website! Find our book, The AI Con, here. Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us! Emily Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Alex Bluesky: alexhanna.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@alex Twitter: @alexhanna Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.