Business, Spoken

A German startup called Aleph Alpha is aiming to challenge American tech giants like Google and OpenAI in the field of generative AI. The podcast discusses the company's AI LLM and its various applications, as well as the challenges of customization and the long-term goal of developing AGI. It also explores the potential of trustworthy AI features, EU regulations on European AI companies, and the differences in values between European and American AI companies.

A developer demonstrates how it's cheap and easy to create propaganda at scale using AI tools. The dangers and challenges of AI-generated disinformation campaigns are explored, including real-world instances in politics and social media. OpenAI shares concerns about their technology being used for automated disinformation and emphasizes the need for awareness of AI tools in politics.

The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This podcast discusses how AI could revolutionize email communication, including the use of AI-generated emails and rewriting work emails with generative AI. It explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI in email communication, highlighting the importance of human judgment in ensuring personalized and effective communication.

Teachers are caught between cracking down on cheating with generative AI and using it to help empower students. It’s going to be a challenging year.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The curvy translucent plastic design of the iMac was the test case for Steve Jobs' “whole-widget” strategy that led to the creation of the iPhone.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices