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How Tech Journalists Are Fueling the AI Hype Machine
May 29, 2024
Former tech reporter Sam Harnett discusses how journalists fuel the AI hype, Julia Angwin debunks fantastical AI claims, and Paris Marx reveals how AI leaders manipulate the press to influence regulators and investors.
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- Tech journalists perpetuate AI hype by uncritically repeating industry narratives.
- AI companies often make fantastical claims about software capabilities that need to be debunked.
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The controversy around OpenAI's chat GPT-4 demo
OpenAI's release of chat GPT-4, especially the voice named Sky resembling Scarlett Johansson, sparked controversy as Johansson expressed shock and disbelief at the similarity. Despite OpenAI discontinuing the voice after her objections, the incident highlighted ethical concerns of using human likeness without consent in AI developments.
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