I’m confused. (Frequently) Don’t users pay to access the ‘traffic drivers’ (like Google) Are they asking for a double dip?
https://www.ft.com/content/0ba810a2-d871-4e57-ace9-0faa745f59c6
European telecom groups ask Brussels to make Big Tech pay more for networks
Europe’s biggest telecoms companies have called on the EU to compel Big Tech to pay a “fair” contribution for using their networks, the latest stage in a battle for payments that has pitched the sector against companies such as Netflix and Google.
Interesting, but inconclusive?
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/want-more-clarity-on-generative-ai-experiment-widely/
Want More Clarity on Generative AI? Experiment Widely
… To get a sense of current momentum and direction, I ran a research webinar last month on the impact of generative AI on the workplace. Some 260 executives from organizations in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States joined me to describe their current use of generative AI in human capital domains. What I heard is that generative AI is a top priority for many CEOs, experiments abound alongside ambiguity, and organizations are already beginning to use artificial intelligence to augment their human capital strategies. I’ll share more details about those findings in a moment.
It’s not just for lawyers…
The Truth About Hallucinations in Legal Research AI: How to Avoid Them and Trust Your Sources
Via LLRX – The Truth About Hallucinations in Legal Research AI: How to Avoid Them and Trust Your Sources – Hallucinations in generative AI are not a new topic. If you watch the news at all (or read the front page of the New York Times), you’ve heard of the two New York attorneys who used ChatGPT to create fake cases entire cases and then submitted them to the court. After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research. But vendors are working to limit hallucinations and increase trust. And some legal tasks are less affected by hallucinations. Law Librarian and attorney Rebecca Fordon guides us to an understanding of how and why hallucinations occur and how we can effectively evaluate new products and identify lower-risk uses.
Not a fan of audio books. (They read much slower than I do.)
https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-reads-audiobooks/
AI narrators will read classic literature to you for free
Recording an audiobook is no easy task, even for experienced voice actors. But demand for audiobooks is on the rise, and major streaming platforms like Spotify are making dedicated spaces for them to grow into. To fuse innovation with frenzy, MIT and Microsoft researchers are using AI to create audiobooks from online texts. In an ambitious new project, they are collaborating with Project Gutenberg, the world’s oldest and probably largest online repository of open-license ebooks, to make 5,000 AI-narrated audiobooks. This collection includes classic titles in literature like Pride and Prejudice, Madame Bovary, Call of the Wild, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The trio published an arXiv preprint on their efforts in September.
… For now, all the AI-voiced audiobooks can be streamed for free on platforms such as Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and the Internet Archive.
There are a variety of applications for this type of algorithm. It can read plays, and assign distinct voices to each character. It can mock up a whole audiobook in your voice, which could make for a nifty gift. [Read yo the grandkids? Bob]
They have the capability but not the probability?
How Students Use AI vs. How Teachers Think They Use It, in Charts
What if much of what we assumed about students and ChatGPT was wrong?
When the generative artificial intelligence program was first made available for widespread use nearly a year ago, awe at the technology’s ability to generate essays on complex topics in seconds swiftly turned to panic that no student would ever do their own homework again.
But new survey data from the Center on Democracy and Technology should call those assumptions into question. In a nationally representative survey of high school students conducted in July and August, only about a quarter of students said they have used a generative AI program like ChatGPT for school assignments.
It turns out that students are using the technology for a range of reasons, from engaging in their hobbies to dealing with mental health and anxiety issues (which brings with it other concerns) to, yes, writing papers.
However, the early and what some experts call exaggerated alarm over students using ChatGPT might have lasting consequences: The perception that students are using AI to cheat could be negatively influencing teachers’ attitudes toward their students. Half of teachers say that generative AI has made them less excited about their students’ work because they can’t be sure it’s actually theirs.
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