The Batch

Oct 11, 2023

5 Posts

Charts with results from a survey by the London School of Economics and Political Science
Oct 11, 2023

Newsroom AI Poses Opportunities, Challenges: New survey identifies journalists' hopes and worries for Generative AI

Journalists are approaching text generators with cautious optimism, a new study shows. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science surveyed workers at over 100 news organizations worldwide. 85 percent of respondents said they had experimented with generative AI.
Dozens of phones display Meta's apps makeover
Oct 11, 2023

Facebook’s Generative Facelift: All about the AI upgrades of Meta's Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram

Meta is rolling out AI-powered upgrades to its social platforms. Meta announced a chat interface, image generator, and celebrity tie-ins for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The new capabilities take advantage of LLaMa 2 and an unnamed image generator, presumably CM3leon.
Examples of different uses for GPT-4V
Oct 11, 2023

GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do

Few people have had a chance to try out OpenAI’s GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), but many of those who have played with it expressed excitement. 
Illustration of a firey cloud over a city
Oct 11, 2023

GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes, Meta’s Generative Facelift, Newsrooms Respond to AI, Beware Training on Generated Data

The Batch - AI News & Insights: Over the weekend, Hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack on Israel, slaughtering and kidnapping civilians.
Illustration of a firey cloud over a city
Oct 11, 2023

Horror and Heartbreak: It's time for people of conscience to condemn Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Over the weekend, Hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack on Israel, slaughtering and kidnapping civilians. The images in the media are horrifying, and over 1,000 people...

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