Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Freelancers — graphic designers, web developers and other creatives — are increasingly being hired to tidy up AI-generated…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, a 37-year-old Brit who says he has “no musical talent,” is being…
Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off
Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off Summary The article argues that running large language models (LLMs) locally is becoming realistic and attractive due to concerns about…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts?
Slashdot summarises BBC reporting that, for months, thousands of Facebook and Instagram users have complained of wrongful account suspensions. More than 500 people contacted the BBC with stories of lost…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data?
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The piece, citing The Register and industry reports, warns that modern AI web crawlers are far more…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary The piece reports on a growing, pragmatic market: humans being paid to clean up and finish generative AI…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police Summary Futurism reports that OpenAI quietly confirmed — within a broader blog post about ChatGPT’s mental-health risks — that…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, described by the Associated Press as a 37-year-old British “AI music creator,”…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts?
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary The Slashdot post summarises reporting from the BBC and other outlets about mass account suspensions on Meta platforms (Facebook…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Five indie acts have removed their music from Spotify after news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek led a…