AI is doing to publishers what Uber did to taxi companies. Books and journalism may increasingly be controlled by Silicon Valley. See my latest piece in The Atlantic for details. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Style imitation isn't copyright infringement, but it's potentially disastrous for artists and studios. Can anything stop AI companies from doing it? I wrote about this for The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
If AI chatbots are getting better, why can't tech companies measure their progress? I wrote about a serious problem with the industry's benchmark testing. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Dialogue from more than 139,000 movies and TV shows has been used to train generative AI. I wrote about it for The Atlantic and built a search tool for screenwriters, directors, and actors to find their work. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Is generative AI a good thing for our culture? Does it help spread knowledge or does it impede creativity and collaboration? These are central questions in the ongoing lawsuits against AI companies, which I just wrote about for @theatlantic.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...