[LINK] News Corp hints AI future

[David]

On 11/08/2023 16:47, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> The regional papers he owns are already full of AI generated content from somewhere according to recent stories. There's one Data Journalist. Yeah, right.
I wonder who the tagline identifies as the writer?

What happens when AutoRantAI (sorry, Tom, that's too good to pass up!) in its value-free trawling through the dark recesses of the Internet publishes some highly defamatory item online, even a fictional one it found on Facebook, or a national secret with an "eyes-only" classification, or proprietary secrets it located through a poorly configured firewall?  Which human carries the can when the case comes to Court?

As I understand the law, it's necessary to demonstrate culpability on the part of the defendant.  And at very least, such issues might raise legal questions bearing on the difference between a publisher and an author.

> So who's going to write anything to feed the beast? Or will they just be stripping and better rewriting stuff they were just copying because AI can write grammatically and actually spell?
I suspect the news business may become highly unstable because organisations using AI will lose the credibility they once had (remember the honorific "Journal of Record"?) and responsible outlets staffed by Journalists will find having their work stolen without attribution and compensation, then hacked or slanted, is not good business.


On 13/08/2023 14:54, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Google Says It Will Scrape Publishers’ Data for AI Unless Forced Not To Google’s AI mining-by-default proposal to the Australian government comes a month after the company declared it would scrape all the internet's data.
> By Kyle Barr, Published Wednesday 11:15AM
> https://gizmodo.com/google-bard-ai-scrape-websites-data-australia-opt-out-1850720633
Overall, we might see the current internet fragmenting into thousands of private internets, all encrypted and authenticated using IPsec or similar at the network level.  Ordinary domestic and SME networks might be owned and secured by ISPs, with limited and highly controlled gateway access to other networks.

One thing is certain: in the long run Google, News Limited, Twitter, et al will only get away with whatever Governments and Users will tolerate.  Nobody wants unstable mayhem.

Interesting times, indeed....

_David Lochrin _