‘Get to know your enemy.’ How Hollywood workers are learning to use AI
3 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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3 weeks, 4 days ago

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

Live Mint  

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1 month ago

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Huff Post  

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

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

The Independent  

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

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

LA Times  

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Navigating the possibilities and perils of AI
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Navigating the possibilities and perils of AI

ABC  

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5 months ago

AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry

Wired  

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

LA Times  

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

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

LA Times  

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

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

LA Times  

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Intel exec on bringing artificial intelligence into the workplace
7 months, 1 week 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?
8 months, 3 weeks 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
9 months ago

AI a job killer? In California it’s complicated

LA Times  

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Will artists lead the revolution against AI?

Live Mint  

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New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections
9 months, 2 weeks ago

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of elections

Al Jazeera  

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Some workers turning AI challenge into advantage
10 months ago

Some workers turning AI challenge into advantage

China Daily  

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AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
54 years, 11 months ago

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next

Wired  

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Govt admits AI can lead to job losses in India
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt admits AI can lead to job losses in India

New Indian Express  

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

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

The Hindu  

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

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

LA Times  

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In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now)
1 year, 2 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, 2 months ago

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

The Independent  

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The AI wave: How Tamil cinema is embracing artificial intelligence tools
1 year, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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 …

Blending security into rapidly learning and adaptive AI proving difficult
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

AI is the wild card in Hollywood’s strikes. Here’s an explanation of its unsettling role
1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

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

The Independent  

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AI is Hollywood’s ‘Napster 2001 moment,’ entertainment lawyers warn
1 year, 5 months ago

AI is Hollywood’s ‘Napster 2001 moment,’ entertainment lawyers warn

LA Times  

Artificial intelligence is a sticking point in the months-long Writers Guild of America strike. “As technology has evolved, artificial intelligence-powered software has made it possible to create realistic audiovisual, video and audio content known as ‘deepfakes.’ It makes the above scenario not only possible, but a real threat to those who sign broadly written non-union contracts that allow for unfettered …

On the brink of a possible SAG-AFTRA strike, some actors are wary of AI. Here’s why.
1 year, 5 months ago

On the brink of a possible SAG-AFTRA strike, some actors are wary of AI. Here’s why.

LA Times  

Members of the Writers Guild of America, with support from SAG-AFTRA, picket at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The software has already found its way into popular media, including the title sequence of the recent Disney+ show “Secret Invasion” and the de-aged Harrison Ford who appears via flashback in the new “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” The new …

Much ado about AI: Not there yet to threaten jobs as of now, says Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar
1 year, 6 months ago

Much ado about AI: Not there yet to threaten jobs as of now, says Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Firstpost  

There is a palpable concern among most people who are aware of AI and its capabilities. However, Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar believes that there is much ado about nothing and an unnecessary fear-mongering about AI stealing human jobs. On the recent layoffs in the Indian tech industry At a recent press conference, the minister was asked about the recent …

Learning, thinking, artistic collaboration and other such human endeavours in the age of AI
1 year, 6 months ago

Learning, thinking, artistic collaboration and other such human endeavours in the age of AI

The Hindu  

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov, reflecting on how brute-force search algorithms routinely beat chess grandmasters, declares in his memoir Deep Thinking, “Chess just isn’t complex enough.” Interacting with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard often force upon me a similar contemplation. Sure, the mechanism through which ChatGPT writes a story is different to how a human would …

From threat to job to unleashing creativity, here’s what Indians think about AI
1 year, 6 months ago

From threat to job to unleashing creativity, here’s what Indians think about AI

Live Mint  

Amid the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence in nearly every domain, more than 74 per cent of Indians are worried that artificial intelligence will take their jobs in future, according to latest Microsoft report. The recent insight of the Microsoft Work Trend Index 2023 report reveals that 90 per cent of Indian leaders are of opinion that employees need to …

Striking Hollywood scribes ponder AI in the writer's room
1 year, 7 months ago

Striking Hollywood scribes ponder AI in the writer's room

NPR  

Striking Hollywood scribes ponder AI in the writer's room Striking Hollywood scribes ponder AI in the writer's room 7:00 Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandalit del Barco/NPR News Mandalit del Barco/NPR News Hollywood writers are on their third week of a strike against major studios. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandalit del Barco/NPR News Mandalit del Barco/NPR News This week, …

Hollywood’s Screenwriters Are Right to Fear AI
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood’s Screenwriters Are Right to Fear AI

Wired  

One of the more harrowing reads for writers concerned about artificial intelligence encroaching on their livelihoods is a study commissioned by OpenAI itself. When WGA members began their picket on May 2, the first such strike in 15 years, focus was on streaming services’ impact on Hollywood and how the residuals paid to writers for streaming projects hadn’t kept pace …

The jobs AI won’t take yet
1 year, 7 months ago

The jobs AI won’t take yet

BBC  

The jobs AI won’t take yet Amid the talk of artificial intelligence replacing workers, experts say there are some jobs computers aren’t taking – at least for a while. “The first would be jobs that are genuinely creative: you’re not doing formulaic work or just rearranging things, but you're genuinely coming up with new ideas and building something new.” Getty …

Could AI pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters take aim at ChatGPT
1 year, 7 months ago

Could AI pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters take aim at ChatGPT

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.” Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. “We’re not totally against AI,” says Michael Winship, president of the WGA East and a news …

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence as the Biden administration rolls out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving technology improves lives without putting people’s rights and safety at risk. But the White House also needs to take stronger action as AI systems built …

'Plagiarism machines': Hollywood writers and studios battle over the future of AI
1 year, 7 months ago

'Plagiarism machines': Hollywood writers and studios battle over the future of AI

The Hindu  

Hollywood writers have for decades penned sci-fi scripts featuring machines taking over the world. “Last Bastion” "The problem here seems to be that we thought that creativity, per se, was the last bastion, the line in the sand, that would stop machines from replacing someone's job," said Mike Seymour, co-founder of Motus Lab at the University of Sydney, who has …

AI news latest: ChatGPT is showing signs of thinking like humans; Bill Gates hails “age of AI”
1 year, 9 months ago

AI news latest: ChatGPT is showing signs of thinking like humans; Bill Gates hails “age of AI”

The Independent  

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Is AI the future of Hollywood? How the hype squares with reality
1 year, 9 months ago

Is AI the future of Hollywood? How the hype squares with reality

LA Times  

For every problem you can think of, someone is out there pitching a solution that involves artificial intelligence. “Imagine if you could ask your AI to make a new ending that goes a different way,” said Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI, the research group behind the conversation software ChatGPT and the image-generation module DALL-E. “Maybe even put yourself …

AI and humans, well met
2 years, 3 months ago

AI and humans, well met

Hindustan Times  

Once upon a time, writing political commentary, or creating art, for that matter, was a domain only humans could straddle. For instance, consider a question such as this: ‘What may India’s electoral landscape look like after the General Elections in 2024?’ AI and Financial Technology. As things are, while Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Prasad Yadav have stated their intention to …

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