AI is already making inroads into journalism but could it win a Pulitzer?

From football reports to clickbait, programs are changing the way the news is createdLook closely at what many journalists write about artificial intelligence – from AlphaGo’s triumph at the ancient Chinese board game Go to Microsoft’s accidentally racist Twitter bot – and you might detect some smugness. Research by Oxford University has predicted that journalism is among the jobs least likely to be replaced by a machine in the near future. And yet, as Columbia University prepares to celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer prize, intelligent robots will publish financial reports, sports commentaries, clickbait and myriad other articles formerly the preserve of trained journalists.“A machine will win a Pulitzer one day,” predicts Kris Hammond from Narrative Science, a company that specialises in “natural language generation”. “We can tell the stories hidden in data.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AI at London Book Fair: European Publishers Cheer the EU Act’s Passage

The widely applauded AI Act gets its anticipated EU parliament approval during the run of London Book Fair. The post AI at London Book Fair: European Publishers Cheer the EU Act’s Passage appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Now it's NVIDIA being sued over AI copyright infringement

It's getting hard to keep up with copyright lawsuits against generative AI, with a new proposed class action hitting the courts last week. This time, authors are suing NVIDIA over its AI platform NeMo, a language model that allows businesses to create and train their own chatbots, Ars Technica... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-03-12 08:34:07 UTC ]
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Approaching 90, Pat Boone Still Makes the Case for God, Country, Grits

At last month's Christian Product Expo, the iconic crooner of the 1950's and '60's and a prolific author, continued to talk conservative politics while rebranding himself as a country singer at 89. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bono's 'Surrender' Wins Audiobook of the Year at 2024 Audie Awards

At the 29th annual Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association and held in Los Angeles on March 4, winners across 27 categories were announced. The night's biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year, went to 'Surrender,' written and narrated by Bono. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors

Next year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work. Continue reading at Wired

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Video from Glasgow AI Disaster is the Best Wonka Movie Since Gene Wilder’s

Today's top book news includes an AI-generated Wonka Nightmare, on the Dopamine Industrial Complex, and Oprah's Next Pick Continue reading at Book Riot

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U.K. Publishing Spotlight: Oneworld’s Winning Ways

The London indie press started with a focus on nonfiction, but in the past decade has published three Booker-winning novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Tor Books Criticized for Use of AI-Generated Art in 'Gothikana' Cover Design

The use of AI-generated assets in the cover art for the dark academia novel 'Gothikana' by RuNyx, originally self-published and reissued by Tor Books' romance imprint Bramble, has set off a debate about the role of AI in publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Paris Booksellers Score a Pre-Olympics Win

A win for Paris booksellers, an adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, and a reading list for fans of True Detective: Night Country. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Court Trims Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Open AI

A federal judge in California has dismissed a host of claims made by several groups of authors in a now consolidated lawsuit and gave the authors until March 13 to file an amended complaint. The suit’s core claim of direct infringement—which Open AI did not seek to dismiss—remains active. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories

Microsoft is teaming up with media website Semafor on a new project that uses ChatGPT to aid in the creation of news stories, The Financial Times has reported. It's one of several journalistic collaborations Microsoft is set to announce today, and follows a New York Times lawsuit filed against... Continue reading at Engadget

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Publishers’ Upbeat Assessments of AI Policy Developments

A vote at the EU and a new report from the House of Lords in London prompts  international publishing leadership approval, determination. The post Publishers’ Upbeat Assessments of AI Policy Developments appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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The Netherlands’ Wolters Kluwer Adds ‘NEJM AI’

Expanding its scholarly journals from the 'New England Journal of Medicine' group, Wolters Kluwer adds an artificial intelligence journal. The post The Netherlands’ Wolters Kluwer Adds ‘NEJM AI’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

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Graphic novelist Posy Simmonds wins prestigious French comics award

Award marks first time a British artist and author has won Grand Prix at International Comics festival in AngoulêmeThe graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême International Comics festival – the first time a British artist and author has been awarded the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Author–illustrator Vashti Harrison happened to be in Miami to celebrate her father's 89th birthday when—at 9:30 p.m., while sorting laundry—she received the news of her Caldecott win for 'Big.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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