#Payoff from #AI projects is 'dismal', biz leaders complain

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/12/survey_ai_projects/

#profit #economy #technology #capitalism #money #economy #hype #news #problem #software

Payoff from AI projects is 'dismal', biz leaders complain

No wonder most orgs are slowing their spending

^{Thomas Claburn (The Register)}

AI artists soliciting donations

#ai #aiart #StableDiffusion #sd3

My Suno top 10: 90 Days of Music Generation

https://suno.com/playlist/fe531171-5348-467c-8d08-c72b1b62715c

#SummerOfSuno
#sunoai #suno #ai #aimusic #listenable #aiart #aimagic #music #AIGenerativeArt #aigeneration #listenable #audio #aigenerated #playlist #musicplaylist

🤖🎶Top 10🎶🤖 by @shaelriley | Suno

🎶🤖Cream of the Crop: the Robot Music Top🤖🎶

^suno.com

#sixpackschutzhülle ist im Traum einem Lichtwesen begegnet.

#ai #aikunst #aiart #aiartwork

Photographer Disqualified From #AI #Image #Contest After Winning With Real #Photo

Source: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/photographer-disqualified-from-ai-image-contest-after-winning-with-real-photo/

#technology #news #cheat

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

A photographer has been disqualified from a picture competition after his real photograph won in the AI image category.

^{Matt Growcoot (PetaPixel)}

New #StableDiffusion #AI works fine as long as there are no humans in the #picture,

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1de7lbg/comment/l89wi2t/?utm_name=web3xcss

#news #image #technology #problem

Just want to really stress that last paragraph.

#AI #LLM #SiliconValley #VC #ponziSchemes https://toot.cafe/@baldur/112603642816089664

Baldur Bjarnason

2024-06-12 12:27:13

“AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway”

https://gizmodo.com/ai-detectors-inaccurate-freelance-writers-fired-1851529820

> Some writing gigs are drying up thanks to chatbots. As people fight over the dwindling field of work, writers are losing jobs over false accusations from AI detectors.

And, yet again, fuck every single one of you who has helped implement and popularise LLMs.

AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway

AI is already stealing writers’ work. Now they’re losing jobs over false accusations of using it.

^{Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)}

Two can play this game

#AI #AiArt

I asked the AI for "A French-Canadian individual."

I got this... because... of course... the béret is the hat that all self-respecting French-Canadians wear.

(You'd be more likely to find me with a dead raccoon on my head than a béret.)

#AI #AIGeneratedImages #FrenchCanadian #béret

“Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo” 😂🤣

The real world beats The Onion, again.

https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/photographer-disqualified-from-ai-image-contest-after-winning-with-real-photo/

#photography #ai

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

A photographer has been disqualified from a picture competition after his real photograph won in the AI image category.

^{Matt Growcoot (PetaPixel)}

A fun thing about AI image generation is that it can suddenly get much worse for no apparent reason, and all the "artists" flip the fuck out

https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/s/JCSbah0G0p

#AI #AIArt #NoAIArt #StableDiffusion

#Apple #Intelligence - #AI

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24171936/apple-siri-ai-update-ios18-features-wwdc

#Siri #os #software #news #future #iPhone #technology #privacy #cloud #iOS

Apple is giving Siri an AI upgrade in iOS 18

Apple is introducing a major artificial intelligence update to its Siri virtual assistant that aims to improve its responses and provide new AI-powered features.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}

If you're using DuckDuckGo, note that AI Assist is on by default but you can turn it off on the desktop:
https://infosec.exchange/@Lockdownyourlife/112598426376874984

Also note that DDG doesn't seem to preserve your settings for very long. I just had to turn off things I already turned off fairly recently.

And it seems someone created DDG Lite:
https://hostux.social/@boudah/112598831262943386

#search #AI

Lockdownyourlife

2024-06-11 14:20:36

If you're using DuckDuckGo, they have AI Assist on by default. Go to duckduckgo[dot]com main page, click on those three little lines in upper right corner-->Settings --> AI Features --> Toggle all features to OFF.

#duckduckgo #search #AI #safety #privacy #tech #infosec

"Why Perplexity’s Cynical Theft Represents Everything That Could Go Wrong With AI"

by Randall Lane for @Forbes

#AI #journalism #tech

https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2024/06/11/why-perplexitys-cynical-theft-represents-everything-that-could-go-wrong-with-ai/

Why Perplexity’s Cynical Theft Represents Everything That Could Go Wrong With AI

It’s the perfect case study for this critical moment: AI is only as good as the people overseeing it.

^{Randall Lane (Forbes)}

The fact that Apple's implementation of #ChatGPT includes a rather prominent "Check important info for mistakes." warning at the bottom of each output adequately sums up my issues with LLMs. Why use, let alone rely, on a tool that is so prone to fail? I wouldn't eat a meal that was labelled with "Check food of edibility". There are uses for this tech, for example the proofreading feature they demoed. But as an information source the #LLM still lacks trust.

#apple #wwdc #wwdc24 #ai

🎶U𝐫b𝐚n R𝐡a𝐩s𝐨d𝐲

A song about the energy and life found in the city streets
#AI #aiart #music #AImusic #udio #aiartcommunity
https://youtu.be/2mtYBq60rmk

Urban Rhapsody

R&b, Acid jazz, Jazz, Funk, Soul, InstrumentalProduced by LennyBMade with Udio

^YouTube

Walking the SniffBook walkies 🐾 again, which means I can play with AI and edit some... 😊

#AI #AIart #Bing #BingImageCreator #Pixlr #Edited #Blog #Mastodon #AddText #Fediverse #Pixelfed

Journalists are using generative AI for tasks such as composing drafts and writing newsletters. Is it all bad?

The obvious, significant concern is that current AI tools are unreliable for accuracy and don’t abide by professional ethics.

(For what it’s worth, we’re not using AI for our journalism)
https://theconversation.com/newsrooms-are-experimenting-with-generative-ai-warts-and-all-228565
#journalism #AI #tech

Newsrooms are experimenting with generative AI, warts and all

AI may shore up an industry experiencing economic headwinds. But in a field where professional ethics and public trust are particularly important, it’s a risky endeavor.

^{The Conversation}

What we have learned: People are always willing to switch one monster to another.

A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/a-social-app-for-creatives-cara-grew-from-40k-to-650k-users-in-a-week-because-artists-are-fed-up-with-metas-ai-policies/

#Cara #CaraApp #Centralized #Artists #Instagram #Meta #AI #Copyright #News #SocialMedia

Meta is deploying chatbots powered by AI to impersonate humans in its discussion groups. The chatbots make stuff up—that is their nature. One invents a nonexistent child. Another pretends to have nonexistent merchandise. It shouldn’t be necessary to explain how vile and poisonous this is, but Casey Fiesler @cfiesler spells it out:

https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

#Meta #AI

AI chatbots are intruding into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans

People participate in online communities to share experiences and sympathy. AI chatbots that join the conversation can only pretend to offer either.

^{The Conversation}

#Meta AI chatbot intrudes into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans
by @TheConversationUS

https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

#LLM #AI #Facebook

AI chatbots are intruding into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans

People participate in online communities to share experiences and sympathy. AI chatbots that join the conversation can only pretend to offer either.

^{The Conversation}

Oh hell no.

"Chamber of Progress, a tech industry coalition whose members include Amazon, Apple and Meta, is launching a campaign to defend the legality of using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/big-tech-lobby-ai-use-1235916540/

#ai #news #technology #TechNews #copyright #corporations #capitalism

AI Lobbying Group Launches Campaign Defending Tech

Chamber of Progress, in a campaign called "Generate and Create," says it will showcase "how AI lowers barriers for producing art."

^{Winston Cho (The Hollywood Reporter)}

Here's another AI song I just made.

It's a country song about a farmer losing his rooster.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AImusic #Music #CountryMusic

Just made this song about ADHD with AI. This is pretty amazing, not gonna lie.

Lyrics:

[Verse]Brain feels like a maze
Can't focus just daze
Thoughts runnin' in loops
Lost in endless hoops

[Verse 2]
Clock ticks time is flyin'
Inside I'm just tryin'
World's loud can't keep up
Sippin' from an empty cup

[Chorus]ADHD got me spinnin' round
Feet on the ground but my head's in the clouds
Life in chaos hear the silent shouts
Lost in the mind can't figure it out

[Verse 3]
Struggle every day
Mind drifts far away
Heart heavy with the weight
Of things left incomplete

[Bridge]Isolation feels real
All wounds that won't heal
People don't understand
Livin' with an altered plan

[Chorus]ADHD got me spinnin' round
Feet on the ground but my head's in the clouds
Life in chaos hear the silent shouts
Lost in the mind can't figure it out

#AImusic #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ADHD #Neurodiversity #Music #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergent #AuDHD

Sony Will Use AI to Cut Film Costs, Says CEO Tony Vinciquerra

"“We are very focused on AI. The biggest problem with making films today is the expense,” Vinciquerra said at Sony’s Thursday (Friday in Japan) investor event. “We will be looking at ways to…produce both films for theaters and television in a more efficient way, using AI primarily.”"

Wow. So I expect the quality will go way down.

#movies #film #AI #tech #news #media #press #entertainment #cinema #tv

https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/sony-pictures-will-cut-film-costs-using-ai-1235010605/

Sony Pictures Will Cut Film Costs 'Using AI, Primarily'

Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra plans to use AI to cut film costs.

^{Tony Maglio (IndieWire)}

Content warning: snortating: the AI generated images could be disturbing to some Reveal/hide

What did I say about snortating stuff....

Don't!

#snortate #AI #AIGeneratedImages

AI Hype.

#ai

Problem solved.

Can we shut the hell up about it now?

I literally had the mute the word "Recall" cause there was so many posts about it....🤦‍♂️

From: @verge
https://mastodon.social/@verge/112576600498124086

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Microsoft #Recall #Copilot

The Verge

2024-06-07 17:50:00

Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns

Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in

Microsoft is making its controversial AI-powered Recall feature optional. The changes come after security experts warned the feature could be a disaster for cybersecurity.

^{Tom Warren (The Verge)}

Raspberry Pi… asshats.

https://www.techspot.com/news/103274-raspberry-pi-5-gets-70-artificial-intelligence-add.html

#raspberryPi #AI #Israel #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #BDS #boycott #AI #Halio #SBC #tech #dev #hardware

Raspberry Pi 5 gets a $70 AI add-on kit

The M.2 HAT+ serves as the communications bridge between the AI module and the PI using the PCIe interface, and comes with a thermal pad fitted between...

^{Shawn Knight (TechSpot)}

Isn't this a missed opportunity for the #fediverse, #Pixelfed in particular?

«A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies»

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/a-social-app-for-creatives-cara-grew-from-40k-to-650k-users-in-a-week-because-artists-are-fed-up-with-metas-ai-policies/

#Cara #Meta #Instagram #AI #ActivityPub #Mycelial #MycelialWeb #SocialWeb #DDFON #Photography #Creatives #Mycelium #MyceliumNetwork