Tag: News items
Machines wrote the BBC’s UK election results articles | TechHQ
‘The organization undertook its biggest test of machine learning-generated journalism to date, publishing nearly 700 individual news reports (649 in English, 40…
AI expert calls for end to UK use of ‘racially biased’ algorithms | THE GUARDIAN
‘Prof Noel Sharkey, who is also a leading figure in a global campaign against “killer robots”, said algorithms were so…
Observe.ai raises $26 million for AI that monitors and coaches call center agents | VENTUREBEAT
“Agents are increasingly one of the only human connections people have with brands in a digital world, so we want…
AudiBrow uses AI text-to-voice to create multiple news readers
Select a news source and a new app will read its stories to you, changing voices story-by-story. AudiBrow uses the…
Finland seeks to teach 1% of Europeans basics on artificial intelligence | REUTERS
Finland will extend its free AI training to all EU languages next year. It says digital literacy is ‘one of…
IBM Trials A.I. That Can Do Soccer Commentary | FORBES
‘…the system tracks players in real-time and can identify passes, crosses and shots on goal. For pre-selected video highlights, it…
Algorithmically turbo-charged journalism | RNZ: Mediawatch
‘Virtual newsreaders, stock reports and election results written up by algorithms, and news organisations dishing up articles based on what you’ve…
Researchers train AI to map a person’s facial movements to any target headshot | VENTURE BEAT
‘What if you could manipulate the facial features of a historical figure, a politician, or a CEO realistically and convincingly…
South China Morning Post uses AI to track reader loyalty | INMA
‘Identifying potential loyal readers is beneficial not only for maximising marketing budgets, but also creating personalised reader experiences.’ Reader engagement…
Actually, it’s about Ethics, AI, and Journalism: Reporting on and with Computation and Data | TOW REPORTS
‘…journalists need to continue to develop their technical skills to become better tool makers rather than tool users. It is…
What should newsrooms do about deepfakes? These three things, for starters | NEIMAN LAB
‘Whether or not opinion columnists’ direst predictions come to fruition, it seems almost inevitable that newsrooms operating in a world…
The Next Newsroom | EBU 2019
‘The upcoming shift may well spell the end of PSM as we know it. But it could also be the…
Journalism with AI: ‘New powers, new responsibilities’ | POLIS 2019
‘If we value journalism as a social good, provided by humans for humans, then we have a window of perhaps…
How artificial intelligence is redefining the role of manager | WEF
‘Surprisingly, last year, we discovered that the majority of workers would trust orders from a robot. This year, almost two-thirds…
Researchers identify seven types of fake news, aiding better detection | PHYS ORG
‘False news tends to be less grammatical and less factual, with greater reliance on emotionally charged claims, misleading headlines and…
The USPTO wants to know if artificial intelligence can own the content it creates | THE VERGE
‘It outlines thirteen specific questions, ranging from what happens if an AI creates a copyright-infringing work to if it’s legal…
AI Coverage Best Practices, According to AI Researchers | SKYNET TODAY
‘…we are both invested and sensitive to how AI is portrayed in the media. In this article, we suggest a…
AI-powered journalism: A time-saver or an accident waiting to happen? | JOURNALISM.CO.UK
‘automated journalism is only as reliable as the information that has been plugged into it to during its development and…
Why it’s about time we talk seriously about AI and journalism | HACKS/HACKERS LONDON
‘One of the biggest issues around AI for journalism is that the news industry is much smaller with fewer resources…
Artificial Intelligence Artwork Wins Graduate Art Prize For Camberwell Graduate | ART & COLLECTIONS
‘The Graduate Art Prize…is open to all final year students on BA and MA degree courses at British art colleges…
AI BRIEFS: November 2019
AI Stats News: Chatbots Increase Sales By 67% But 87% Of Consumers Prefer Humans | FORBES | November 25, 2019…
AI becomes grandmaster in ‘fiendishly complex’ StarCraft II | THE GUARDIAN
‘Top players need adaptable short and long-term strategies to grow and defend their bases while laying waste to the opposition….
The hidden costs of AI | AXIOS
‘Research often guns for incremental advances, juicing an extra percentage point of accuracy out of a previously proposed model.’ Using…
Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Computing | NEW YORK TIMES
‘It relies on the mind-bending ways some objects act at the subatomic level or when exposed to extreme cold, like…
AP to grow Major League Soccer coverage with automated stories | AP
‘The automation technology enables the previews to be produced directly from data without the intervention of editors. AP reporters add…
Using the power of machines to complete impossible reporting tasks | ICIJ
‘As datasets become bigger and more complex, machine learning models that help reporters sort and analyze data are becoming not…
In AI we trust — too much | AXIOS
‘AI carries an aura of legitimacy and accuracy, burnished by overeager marketing departments and underinformed users. But AI is just…
Stuart Russell on why now is the time to start thinking about superintelligent AI – Science Weekly podcast | THE GUARDIAN
Stuart Russell suggests making intelligent machines ‘permanently deferential’ to humans so we may successfully co-exist with new forms of AI…
Do we trust artificial intelligence agents to mediate conflict? Not entirely | USC
‘Researchers from USC and the University of Denver created a simulation in which a three-person team was supported by a…
This Technique Can Make It Easier for AI to Understand Videos | WIRED
‘…deep learning is less adept at interpreting video. Analyzing a video frame won’t reveal what’s happening unless that frame is…