[LINK] News Corp hints AI future

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2023-08-11 at 05:19 +0000, Stephen Loosley quoted:
> Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has recorded a steep 75% drop in
> full-year profit but sees opportunities ahead as it expands the use
> of cost-saving AI-produced content.

That's like saving money on wool by using rayon. Or like saving money
on porcelain by using pottery.

> “We are already in active negotiations to establish a value for our
> unique content sets and (intellectual property) that will play a
> crucial role in the future of AI.”

Oh, so they won't be wanting anyone just using their content to feed
the AI beast without their permission? I wonder if they intend to
extend the same courtesy to anyone else's content?

> The company’s Australian arm recently disclosed it was producing
> 3,000 articles a week using generative AI.

... and nobody could really tell the difference. I wonder how many of
those indicated in the byline that they were partly or wholly
generated?

Regards, K.

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