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OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 months ago by AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 16 points 2 months ago

Yes, except they use different words at the meetings.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] HighlyRegardedArtist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] parpol@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

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