‘Get to know your enemy.’ How Hollywood workers are learning to use AI
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Get to know your enemy.’ How Hollywood workers are learning to use AI

LA Times  

While working as a cinematographer on the second season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” in April 2022, Benji Bakshi pondered a compelling question: How would natural light interact with the snowy landscape of a fictional planet under a magenta sky? “It’s natural to see something new and to feel a sense of fear,” said Caleb Ward, co-founder and chief executive of Curious Refuge. and it requires really good taste and storytelling to make something interesting.” Curious Refuge’s position is that AI in its current form can offer assistance — by equipping a writer with imagery to complement their spec script, for example — but isn’t advanced enough to create “something meaningful on its own.” Ward said that his company guides hundreds of people through its AI training each month. Bakshi, whose interest in AI predates the launch of ChatGPT, credited the technology with expanding his mind and inspiring him to “explore new visual approaches to storytelling.” “The way I’m using AI to enhance my creative approach is a way that honors the craft, and I share some of my inspiration with my team, and I think they think it’s really cool,” he said. Tim Heller, a voice actor based in Leander, Texas, whose résumé includes the children’s TV series “The Adventures of Mansour” and the video game “Zenless Zone Zero,” has experimented with creating AI models of his own voice — which he could potentially use to redo short sections of dialogue upon request when away on vacation or pressed for time.

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India Today  

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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AI Beyond Chatbots: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Society
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The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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Live Mint  

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Firstpost  

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Will robots take over your job? Economic Survey 2025 sheds light on AI anxieties
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Will robots take over your job? Economic Survey 2025 sheds light on AI anxieties

India Today  

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Survey: 41% of companies worldwide plan to downsize and use AI
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Survey: 41% of companies worldwide plan to downsize and use AI

Salon  

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AI needs to be human-centred to charm people into adoption

Live Mint  

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41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI
2 months, 3 weeks ago

41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI

CNN  

London CNN — Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday. Out of hundreds of large companies surveyed around the world, 77% also said they were planning to reskill and upskill their existing workers between 2025-2030 to better work alongside AI, …

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In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work

LA Times  

If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank. There was a “shift from putting out models to actually building products,” said Arvind Narayanan, a Princeton University computer science professor and co-author of the new book “AI Snake Oil: What Artificial …

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
2 months, 4 weeks ago

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work

The Hindu  

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In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
2 months, 4 weeks ago

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work

Associated Press  

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Will AI adoption leave India Inc with high efficiency and exhausted workers?
4 months ago

Will AI adoption leave India Inc with high efficiency and exhausted workers?

Live Mint  

Words that are sprinkled liberally in the business updates of many listed firms of India Inc. The frenetic pace of AI adoption will probably extract its pound of flesh at some point, even if India Inc would rather talk about the productivity marvels of this new technology. Now Comes the Hard Part,’ by Microsoft and LinkedIn, 75% of corporate India’s …

Ben Affleck's Thoughts On AI In The Movie Industry Go Viral
4 months, 1 week ago

Ben Affleck's Thoughts On AI In The Movie Industry Go Viral

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Ben Affleck isn’t that worried about artificial intelligence, or AI, taking over his industry. The “Argo” director recently joined a panel at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha 2024 investor summit, where moderator David Faber asked how close we really are to a streaming service like Netflix being able to produce entirely new “James Bond” films out of thin air. …

Slack researcher discusses the fear, loathing and excitement surrounding AI in the workplace
5 months, 1 week ago

Slack researcher discusses the fear, loathing and excitement surrounding AI in the workplace

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After conducting in-depth interviews with 5,000 desktop workers, Slack …

AI is supposed to be Hollywood’s next big thing. What’s taking so long?
5 months, 1 week ago

AI is supposed to be Hollywood’s next big thing. What’s taking so long?

LA Times  

Earlier this year, OpenAI and other artificial intelligence companies wooed Hollywood studios with the futuristic promise of AI tools that they said could help make the business of creating movies and television shows faster, easier and cheaper. Plus, AI is highly controversial in the entertainment industry, where there’s widespread mistrust of the technology companies given their more “Wild West” attitude …

Navigating the possibilities and perils of AI
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Navigating the possibilities and perils of AI

ABC  

Recently, the ABC published its AI Principles, a set of guidelines to help the organisation responsibly take advantage of this powerful form of technology. Here, Innovation Lab manager Arul Baskaran talks through why the principles were developed, and what the opportunities and risks are for the ABC when it comes to AI. And there are a number of AI tools …

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry
8 months ago

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry

Wired  

When Noah saw the email, a wave of anxiety hit. It was spring 2023, and the Activision artist was reading a message from the company's then chief technology officer, Michael Vance, about how artificial intelligence was “top of mind” at the video game publisher. All the while, generative AI systems built by OpenAI and its competitors have been seeping into …

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans

LA Times  

Today we are in the middle of a hype cycle in which companies are racing to integrate artificial intelligence tools into products, transforming fields including logistics, manufacturing and healthcare. Sophisticated software functions only through thousands of hours of low-paid, menial labor — workers forced to work like robots in the hopes that AI will become more like a human. In …

NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley on AI: ‘We’ve got to get the ethics of it right’
9 months, 1 week ago

NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley on AI: ‘We’ve got to get the ethics of it right’

LA Times  

Artificial intelligence is “exciting,” but guardrails must be put in place to protect labor, intellectual property and ethics, NBCUniversal Studio Group Chairman Donna Langley said Friday at an entertainment industry law conference. During a wide-ranging, on-stage conversation at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium, the media chief emphasized that first, “the labor piece of it has to be right,” a proclamation that …

Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?
9 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?

LA Times  

OpenAI announced Media Manager, a tool to be released next year that purportedly will help writers and other creators control how their work is used. Amid the hype surrounding Apple’s new deal with OpenAI, one issue has been largely papered over: The AI company’s foundational models are, and have always been, built atop the theft of creative professionals’ work. But …

Intel exec on bringing artificial intelligence into the workplace
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Intel exec on bringing artificial intelligence into the workplace

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Artificial intelligence is just about everywhere you look these days — including the workplace. Christy Pambianchi, chief people officer at Intel, recently spoke with The Associated Press about how the semiconductor chip maker is expanding AI education programming beyond the company’s walls — as well as best practices around implementing AI in a workforce from an HR …

AI companies are courting Hollywood. Do they come in peace?
1 year ago

AI companies are courting Hollywood. Do they come in peace?

LA Times  

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Sora, is attracting a lot of attention in the film and TV business. Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry recently told the Hollywood Reporter he was holding off on an $800-million expansion of his Atlanta studio, saying, “I am very, very concerned that in the near future, a lot of jobs are going to be lost.” …

AI a job killer? In California it’s complicated
1 year ago

AI a job killer? In California it’s complicated

LA Times  

For the thousands of tech workers recently laid off in California and across the country, the future may not be as bleak as it looks right now: Many are likely to retrain fairly quickly for new jobs in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence. “What we’re seeing is a lot of tech companies are actually monetizing the AI solution,” said …

Rise of artificial intelligence could cut wages of workers who don't 'upskill' as AI job ads surge
1 year ago

Rise of artificial intelligence could cut wages of workers who don't 'upskill' as AI job ads surge

ABC  

Is artificial intelligence going to take over your job? She believes AI will help most employees as they'll focus less on the mundane tasks — and more on the work that's genuinely interesting or requires a "higher cognitive load". Highly skilled jobs in advanced economies are more likely to face "disruptions" from AI, according to research from the International Monetary …

Will artists lead the revolution against AI?
1 year ago

Will artists lead the revolution against AI?

Live Mint  

I doubt there is any form of love comparable to what an artist has for her art. On to Mint’s best journalism from this week: Executives of India’s largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services huddled up in Abu Dhabi last week to discuss the company’s future. Mint’s startup and new economy editor Ranjani Raghavan along with Sneha Shah take a …

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections
1 year ago

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections

Al Jazeera  

The video that OpenAI released to unveil its new text-to-video tool, Sora, has to be seen to be believed. “We already need tougher measures from social media platforms on that existing problem.” Several companies that offer generative AI image makers, including Midjourney, OpenAI and Microsoft, have policies that are supposed to prevent users from generating misleading pictures. “And it tells …

Some workers turning AI challenge into advantage
1 year, 1 month ago

Some workers turning AI challenge into advantage

China Daily  

The recently released artificial intelligence model Sora, created by research organization OpenAI, has caused a sensation in the tech sector with its ability to generate videos of up to a minute in length based on brief text instructions. Some industry insiders said that Sora will bring revolutionary changes to content creation as well as the entertainment and education industries, while …

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
55 years, 2 months ago

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next

Wired  

Many people—like, say, journalists—are understandably antsy about what generative artificial intelligence might mean for the future of their profession. Or are you going to be stuck in the past, on the wrong side of the ‘productivity polarity’?” In June 2021, GitHub launched a preview version of a programming aid called Copilot, which uses generative AI to suggest how to complete …

Govt admits AI can lead to job losses in India
1 year, 1 month ago

Govt admits AI can lead to job losses in India

New Indian Express  

Moving away from its earlier stance that AI is ‘not leading to job losses’, Government of India seems to be coming round to the realization that AI may end up taking jobs away from some people. “AI may result in automating some routine jobs but will also result in job creation in various data science, data curation etc,” said Electronics …

The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever
1 year, 2 months ago

The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever

Wired  

Much like the internet did in the 1990s, AI is going to change the very definition of work. Our data shows the top skills that professionals think will become more important as AI tools become more widely used at work are problem solving, strategic thinking, and time management. And there is a hunger to put these newly developed skills into …

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
1 year, 2 months ago

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay

The Hindu  

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers. Cloud and internet security company Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told Reuters that the months ahead may even feel like an "AI letdown". It also proved a good …

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs
1 year, 3 months ago

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs

NPR  

With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Andrea Hsu/NPR Baltimore illustrator John de Campos was irate when he discovered that some of his original work had been used to train an artificial intelligence chatbot — without his permission. Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Andrea Hsu/NPR …

These filmmakers use AI. And they’re not ashamed to admit it
1 year, 4 months ago

These filmmakers use AI. And they’re not ashamed to admit it

LA Times  

Blazers brushed up against streetwear. “Tonight you’re gonna hear a lot about AI,” said Mike Gioia — one of the event’s organizers and a co-founder of the AI workflow startup Pickaxe — during his introductory remarks. And for anybody who’s a filmmaker in L.A., the reality that you deal with is there are just so many hoops you have to …

Succession star Sarah Snook says AI use in film industry needs ‘stringent rules’
1 year, 4 months ago

Succession star Sarah Snook says AI use in film industry needs ‘stringent rules’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Succession star Sarah Snook has said “stringent rules” are needed to protect the …

Artificial Intelligence Is Seeping Into All of Your Gadgets
55 years, 2 months ago

Artificial Intelligence Is Seeping Into All of Your Gadgets

Wired  

David Brown: Oh, wow. And in some cases, you can sort of tell that the images had been distorted because the image you're looking at is just really wholly unnatural in some way, and other times you're just like, "Oh, yeah, sure, there was a puppy there," because I as the viewer don't know the difference, but he would know …

In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now)
1 year, 6 months ago

In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now)

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace. “I hope it will be a model for a lot of other content-creation industries,” said Tom Davenport, a professor of information technology at Babson College and author of …

In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)
1 year, 6 months ago

In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I hope it will be …

The AI wave: How Tamil cinema is embracing artificial intelligence tools
1 year, 6 months ago

The AI wave: How Tamil cinema is embracing artificial intelligence tools

The Hindu  

Senthil Nayagam has been besotted with actor Suriya for weeks. He has downloaded interviews and speeches of the actor, and has been feeding them to his many AI tools in an attempt to “master Suriya’s voice”. “I had to make it learn Tamil, which was very challenging,” he says, adding “In a few years, most AI tools will become well-versed …

Column: The writers’ strike was the first workplace battle between humans and AI. The humans won
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: The writers’ strike was the first workplace battle between humans and AI. The humans won

LA Times  

After studios flatly refused to agree not to produce AI-generated scripts, members of the Writers Guild of America realized the danger and drew a line in the sand. And though there are many reasons that the union ultimately won out — smart organizing and a memeable picket line, strong allyship from SAG-AFTRA, and tactical blunders by the studio execs among …

‘AI upskilling: Seven in ten professionals raring to go’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘AI upskilling: Seven in ten professionals raring to go’

The Hindu  

New research from LinkedIn reveals that over 8 in 10 professionals in India are alive to the reality that Artificial Intelligence would transform their jobs. In fact, 68% of the workforce admits to already using generative AI in their job, with one in two professionals trying out generative AI tools like ChatGPT, the LinkedIn data shows. Work-life balance More than …

AI isn’t Hollywood’s biggest problem, TIFF favorite Cord Jefferson says
1 year, 6 months ago

AI isn’t Hollywood’s biggest problem, TIFF favorite Cord Jefferson says

LA Times  

Having cut his teeth in digital journalism before making the transition to Hollywood, writer/director Cord Jefferson is uniquely positioned to understand how the rise of artificial intelligence may reshape American media. “I don’t want to say that AI doesn’t have any place in creativity,” said Jefferson, whose uproarious debut feature, “American Fiction,” has already generated buzz as a People’s Choice …

Blending security into rapidly learning and adaptive AI proving difficult
1 year, 7 months ago

Blending security into rapidly learning and adaptive AI proving difficult

The Hindu  

White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. We’re just breaking stuff left and right.” Michael Sellitto of Anthropic, which provided one of the AI testing models, acknowledged in a press …

Actors and writers aren’t the only ones worried about AI, new polling shows
1 year, 7 months ago

Actors and writers aren’t the only ones worried about AI, new polling shows

LA Times  

Susan Deming, an 18-year member of the Screen Actors Guild, joined members of the Writers Guild of America picketing outside the Warner Bros. studio lot in July. The rise of artificial intelligence in the entertainment world is just one of several issues motivating the current strikes, which have found the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA actors union shutting down …

Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?
1 year, 7 months ago

Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?

Wired  

Ever since the ChatGPT API opened up, all sorts of apps have been strapping on AI functionality. I've personally noticed this a lot in email clients: Apps like Spark and Canary are prominently bragging about their built-in AI functionality. It's a great idea in the abstract, but I think integrations like these conspire to make communication less efficient instead of …

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role
1 year, 8 months ago

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Artificial intelligence has surged to the forefront of Hollywood’s labor fights. In a description widely shared by outraged actors on social media, SAG-AFTRA released this characterization of the studios’ AI position, which the AMPTP called a deliberate distortion: “We want to be able to scan a background performer’s image, pay them for a half a day’s labor, …

Hollywood AI backlash: What striking writers and actors fear about tech replacing roles
1 year, 8 months ago

Hollywood AI backlash: What striking writers and actors fear about tech replacing roles

The Independent  

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