Shelly Palmer has been named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” and writes a popular daily business blog.
For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. As always, your thoughts and comments are both welcome and encouraged. -s
This Week's Most Interesting Stories
We've reached an era where summarizing any meeting, lecture, or event is as simple as hitting “record.” While this technological convenience is undeniably appealing, particularly in our fast-paced world, there’s a growing concern that something crucial is being lost as people abandon the art of personal note-taking in favor of AI-generated summaries.
Read More · Shelly Palmer
Condé Nast has signed a multi-year deal with OpenAI, allowing the AI company to use content from its publications, such as The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. This partnership aims to generate revenue and ensure proper attribution for the media company’s content, amidst challenges posed by changes in traditional search engines. Details of the deal are undisclosed.
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Assemblymember Buffy Wicks announced a first-of-its-kind partnership involving the State of California, news publishers, tech companies, and philanthropy to support local journalism and launch a National AI Accelerator. The partnership will provide nearly $250 million in funding over five years, with the majority allocated to newsrooms, especially those in underserved areas.
Read More · Shelly Palmer
Today, just seven years after the term deepfake was coined, absolutely anyone who is interested in making a photorealistic image or video of anything has the ability to do so at no (or very low) cost, in real (or very near-real) time.
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Microsoft's "Recall" is an upcoming Windows 11 feature that will create a searchable timeline of your activities, allowing you to easily retrieve and review ("recall") past work. It accomplishes this by capturing and storing screenshots of nearly everything you see or do on your PC. What could possibly go wrong?
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Nvidia ACE, the company’s AI-powered system for giving voices and conversation skills to in-game characters, is set to debut in Mecha Break, a new multiplayer mech battle game coming to PC, Xbox X / S, and PlayStation 5 in 2025.
Read More · The Verge
ABOUT SHELLY PALMER
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.
