. As newsrooms worldwide struggle to define the “human” element in an automated age, one Fortune editor has demonstrated how AI can actually help journalists increase the value of human-led reporting. By offloading aggregation to machines, journalists are freed to return to the field, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Sometime in … Read more
. Consider this: If an AI can perfectly model your unique psychology over years to act as your infinitely patient therapist, your ideal friend, or your perfectly complimentary coworker, what happens to human society when talking to an imperfect, frustrating, messy human being starts to feel like a massive downgrade? It’s a frightening possibility, but … Read more
. Character.AI, a service where you can converse with customizable AI characters, has launched a new c.ai Books mode letting users “step inside a classic novel” and role-play in its world. Reading is a dying art. That’s why Kurt Vonnegut urged writers to “pity the readers.” “Readers have to identify thousands of little marks on … Read more
. Objection, an AI startup, allows users to utilize artificial intelligence to assess journalism and challenge stories with unfair coverage, but critics warn that the platform could inadvertently silence whistleblowers. The startup’s founder, Aron D’Souza, thinks that the American media system is broken and those harmed by its coverage have very few means to fight … Read more