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OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do these people just wake up and think, "How can I make the world worse today?"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, except they use different words at the meetings.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I’m thinking, “how can I get $10m to just use the ChatGPT api and buy house”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

This reads like a desperate attempt at proving to investors that their "AI" is useful for handling factual information, with a hint of plain old corporate bribery to avoid further lawsuits from publishers. Grifters gonna grift, and all that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

You thought journalism had reached rock bottom already? Watch this:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like shit, but it is also hard to sympathize with kotaku and IGN journalists.