OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism

https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-and-microsoft-are-funding-10-million-in-grants-for-ai-powered-journalism-193042213.html

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ptz@dubvee.org · 34 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

JoShmoe@ani.social · 17 pts · 1y

Yes, except they use different words at the meetings.

ravhall@discuss.online · 5 pts · 1y

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

HighlyRegardedArtist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

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.

ekky@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 1y

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

parpol@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y

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