Listen to Werner Herzog Read a Book of AI Poetry
An AI chatbot wrote a collection of poetry, and when its human co-authors needed someone to narrate the audio-book, Werner Herzog was the only reasonable option. It’s the only saving…
Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
Image: Peshkova (Shutterstock) If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news…
AI This Week: Zoom’s Big TOS Disaster
Hello! We are officially launching a THING. It’s going to be a weekly roundup about what’s happening in artificial intelligence and how it affects you. Generating Video Via Text? |…
Zoom Backtracks on Training AI on Your Calls
After massive backlash over its wishy-washy communication regarding training artificial intelligence with customer data, Zoom wants to set the record straight. Today, Zoom issued an update to its previous announcement…
Amazon Removes AI-Generated Books That Spoofed an Author’s Byline
Amazon has removed half a dozen AI-generated books published under a living author’s name without her consent following a social media backlash. Though the misleading content was finally removed on…
‘Hypnotized’ ChatGPT and Bard Will Convince Users to Pay Ransoms and Drive Through Red Lights
Security researchers at IBM say they were able to successfully “hypnotize” prominent large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT into leaking confidential financial information, generating malicious code, encouraging users to pay…
Fiction Analytics Site Prosecraft Shut Down After Author Backlash
Prosecraft.io, a site that used novels to help power a data-driven project to display word count, passive voice, and other much more subjective, writing-style markers such as vividness, shut down…
Zoom Contradicts Its Own Policy About Training AI on Your Data
Zoom updated its Terms of Service in March, spelling out that the company reserves the right to train AI on user data with no mention of a way to opt…
This Borges-Inspired AI Model Can Create Poems Based on iPhone Photos
By now, just about everyone has seen the digital art and prose of generative AI models like Midjounrey and ChatGPT. In a reversal of the text-to-image format of Midjourney, a New…
New Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook Features AI Generated Art
Ilya Shkipin drew/generated the giant on the far left. Image: Wizards of the Coast One of the artists working on Dungeons & Dragons’ newest book—Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!,…