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Tool or takeover? How AI will impact the creator economy

From AI-powered recommendation engines to content generation tools, machines are transforming how people create and consume content.

On Feb 28, 2023 by Stephanie Weaver

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FTC says AI companies need proof before they can claim their products work better than humans

'You don’t need a machine to predict what the FTC might do when those claims are unsupported.'

On Feb 27, 2023 by Jacob Seitz

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‘Based AI’: Gab promises its new artificial intelligence is free to go full Nazi

'We need to start building a based AI, and we need to do it right now.'

On Feb 22, 2023 by Mikael Thalen

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‘This is exactly why a person should take your order’: Customer says McDonald’s AI drive-thru accidentally added 9 sweet teas to her order

'At this McDonald's, it's all robots.'

On Feb 13, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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‘They asked for $20 an hour and Carl’s Jr said bet’: Carl’s Jr. customer orders meal via A.I. assistant in drive-thru

'Can’t wait to see how Karens handle AI customer service.'

On Feb 7, 2023 by Jack Alban

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People are mad ChatGPT isn’t falling for their absurd hypotheticals about how racial slurs can stop nuclear war

It's weird people are asking this.

On Feb 6, 2023 by Claire Goforth

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Thousands of people have been watching an AI-generated infinite ‘Seinfeld’ episode on Twitch

'But do we want to watch infinite seasons of a show'?

On Feb 4, 2023 by Audra Schroeder

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‘A lot of us are natural storytellers’: NeverEnding caters to a different kind of creator

‘My thought was, wouldn't it be fantastic if there was a platform where you could take control of your own narrative?’

On Feb 2, 2023 by Alexandra Bower

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‘He really said copy paste’: Employer catches job applicant using ChatGPT to write cover letter

'Don't use this.'

On Feb 1, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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Artists fed up with AI-image generators use Mickey Mouse to goad copyright lawsuits

'People's craftsmanship, time, effort and ideas are being taken without their consent...'

On Dec 16, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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‘World’s first robot lawyer’: DoNotPay wants to build an AI to help people fight traffic tickets

DoNotPay is also taking on parking tickets and corporations.

On Dec 13, 2022 by Claire Goforth

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Investors are selling off Google and Microsoft stock—and experts think it’s because of ChatGPT

Could ChatGPT be the beginning of the end of big tech dominance?

On Dec 12, 2022 by Chris Stokel-Walker

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‘It is likely they own the rights to those images now’: Hacker warns against uploading nudes to TikTok AI filters in PSA

'When using something is free, you’re usually the product.'

On Nov 27, 2022 by Jack Alban

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‘Biggest breakthrough I’ve seen’: AI creates Steve Jobs interview with Joe Rogan

It's very convincing.

On Oct 12, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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‘AI cannot be an excuse’: What happens when Meta’s chatbot brands a college professor a terrorist?

Chatbots can often be wrong. Is there any recourse?

On Aug 25, 2022 by Chris Stokel-Walker