Turns-out all that hogwash about AI never being used to take journalist jobs is just that.
Mathias Doepfner, CEO, Axel Springer, has advised writers on staff that AI writers like ChatGPT may soon best journalists currently engaged in basic information gathering.
Observes Doepfner: “Artificial intelligence has the potential to make independent journalism better than it ever was – or simply replace it.
“Understanding this change is essential to a publishing house’s future viability.
“Only those who create the best original content will survive.”
While stark, Doepfner’s transparency is seen by many as a welcome counterpoint to statements from other publishers adopting AI — who are ostensibly starry-eyed.
Many of those say they envision a world in which AI writing can be completely adopted by a publishing or news organization — sans the loss of a single writing or editing position.
Rumor has it, it is the same world in which pigs can fly.
In other AI-generated writing news:
*In-Depth Guide: GetGenie — AI Writing Within WordPress:
Software guide Phillip Stemann has mixed feelings on this AI-powered writer, which was built from the ground-up to work from inside WordPress.
On the plus side: GetGenie is a great convenience for creators who work with WordPress and tend to favor extremely short copy.
But Stemann has some reservations about GetGenie’s ability to optimize blog posts for search engine optimization (SEO).
Some particular drawbacks: GetGenie’s keyword analysis is limited.
And the tool only offers a limited look at other Web sites competing with the same keyword or keyphrase you’re planning to use in your copy.
Stemann also says GetGenie is cumbersome to use if you’re looking to auto-generate long-form copy.
The upshot: GetGenie may be the ticket for you if you’re a WordPress user looking for short-form copy convenience and you’re not concerned with SEO.
*NewsGPT — Completely Automated News Service Debuts: News aggregator NewsGPT says it’s using AI to scan the Web for news and bring back entirely balanced — and unbiased — reporting for its visitors.
Observes Alan Levy, CEO, NewsGPT: “News channels have been plagued by bias and subjective reporting.
“With NewsGPT, we are able to provide viewers with the facts and the truth — without any hidden agendas or biases.”
*WGA Attempts to Protect Movie Screenwriters from ChatGPT: Fearing that the proverbial writing-on-the-wall has already been written by a robot, the Writers Guild of America has adopted new regulations designed to thwart the use of AI — including ChatGPT — in scriptwriting.
Observes writer Melissa Murphy: “While the program has its downsides, ChatGPT is a stunningly sophisticated chatbot that can spit out coherent texts in seconds.
“Deadline used it to craft a pitch for a Mad Max reboot.
“What the chatbot spit-out was a detailed paragraph outlining the premise of a show that — while needing some tweaking and development to have a chance — was disconcertingly doable.”
The only fly-in-the-ointment with the WGA’s ban: By changing a few words and phrases, it’s extremely easy to disguise an AI-written script as a script written by a human.
*AI Now Auto-Generating Nirvana Songs: Looks like AI is again trying its hand at writing songs — most recently tunes in the style of Nirvana.
Click here for a sample.
Observes Alan Cross, editor, A Journal of Musical Things: “Kinda wow, right? You can tell there’s a human element missing.
“But remember this: This is the worst this technology is ever going to be.
“Where are things going to be in six months?”
For more on music auto-generated by AI, check-out: “AI and Song Lyrics: They’re Still Working on It.”
*Numerous Big Banks Ban ChatGPT: A number of big banks — including CitiGroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase — have banned the use of ChatGPT in their businesses.
Apparently, the institutions are uneasy that ChatGPT is experimental, sometimes unpredictable — and sometimes makes-up facts.
Observes writer Brian Bushard: “ChatGPT is not the first chatbot released to the public.
“But it has been widely considered far more advanced than its predecessors, solving complicated problems, writing college-level essays and summarizing regulatory filings — though its accuracy has been called into question, with users catching it making financial mistakes.”
*Digital Ad Exchange Enhanced With ChatGPT: Mobiquity Technologies has integrated ChatGPT into its ad exchange to help advertisers better target audiences online.
By applying real-time data and insights, ChatGPT-enhanced campaigns can be optimized so that the target audience is reached with the right message and channel, resulting in improved engagement and conversions, according to Dean Julia, CEO, Mobiquity.
“We believe OpenAI has developed one of the most innovative and disruptive technologies to hit the market in a while,” Julia adds.
*Elon Musk Trial-Balloons a ChatGPT Rival: Entrepreneur extraordinaire Elon Musk is talking with AI researchers about launching a competitor to ChatGPT.
Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI — the company behind ChatGPT.
But he washed his hands of the start-up after its mission migrated from non-profit to profit.
Musk has called ChatGPT “scary good.”
*GPT 3.5 Turbo Released: ChatGPT maker OpenAI has begun licensing the software undergirding its wildly popular AI writer.
Known as GPT-3.5 Turbo, the software will cost licensors 10-times-less-to-run than it would have cost them in December, according to Leo Wong DQ, a writer for GizmoChina.
Adds Wong DQ: “OpenAI also claims that GPT-3.5 Turbo is the company’s best model for many non-chat use cases as the company has seen early clients migrate from GPT-3 to GPT-3.5 Turbo with only a small amount of adjustment needed to their prompts.”
A number of AI writers got their start using GPT-3, including Jasper and Rytr.
*AI Big Picture: OpenAI: Now is The Time to Start Planning for Super-Powerful AI: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — the mover-and-shaker behind ChatGPT — cautions that we need to start planning now for the age of incredibly powerful AI.
The tech, known as Advanced General Intelligence — think Scarlett Johansson, the voice of AI in the movie “Her” — is at once both revered and feared by AI developers.
Revered — for the great potential it offers humanity.
Feared — for the great destructive force it could become.
Observes Altman: “Because the upside of AGI is so great, we do not believe it is possible or desirable for society to stop its development forever.
“Instead, society and the developers of AGI have to figure out how to get it right.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.