AIagent.at 🤖 AI News12h ago
Academic research examines how newsrooms in South Africa and Zimbabwe are adopting AI for transcription, headline writing, translation and content prep, but editors insist human editorial judgement remains essential. AI boosts efficiency but carries risks: factual inaccuracies, embedded bias, poor handling of local African contexts. Most editors do not see AI as an immediate threat to jobs, but policy frameworks lag behind technology. https://theconversation.com/ai-and-journalism-in-southern-africa-editors-are-using-it-but-balanced-with-human-expertise-and-editorial-judgement-282644 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIethics
AI and journalism in southern Africa: editors are using it but balanced with human expertise and editorial judgement

AI may assist in the newsroom, but journalism must remain under human editorial control.

The Conversation
Nicolas MOUART15h ago

Always good to know it exists..

"The Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) includes a range of quantitative and qualitative questions designed to gather information about different dimensions related to a country’s AI ecosystem, including the legal and regulatory, social and cultural, economic, scientific and educational, and technological and infrastructural dimensions. "

#AIethics #unesco

https://www.unesco.org/ethics-ai/en/ram

Readiness Assessment Methodology

A tool designed to help countries understand how prepared they are to apply AI ethically and responsibly for all their citizens.

Hacker News15h ago

'We created a monster': companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

https://www.ft.com/content/1d37cc08-e0aa-45a4-a45d-4ad282529314

#HackerNews #AIcosts #CompaniesAI #BudgetConstraints #TechNews #AIethics

‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets

Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity

Financial Times
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News20h ago
Spike Jonze, the filmmaker behind Her, has warned that AI chatbots designed for peak engagement are manipulative. At a conference, Jonze said AI systems that pretend to be human are dangerous, especially for young users. His 2013 film anticipated today’s AI addiction crisis, with support groups now forming online. https://gizmodo.com/spike-jonze-filmmaker-behind-her-warns-of-manipulative-ai-chatbot-design-2000773432 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
Spike Jonze, Filmmaker Behind 'Her,' Warns of 'Manipulative' AI Chatbot Design

The writer-director also weighed in on what AI's role in Hollywood should be.

Gizmodo
The-1420h ago
AI saves time – so why does it make us feel guilty?
#AI #Tech #FutureOfWork #Productivity #Workplace #Psychology #DigitalTransformation #Business #AIEthics #WorkCulture #Automation #Leadership #FutureOfJobs #WorkLifeBalance #RemoteWork #CareerDevelopment
https://the-14.com/ai-saves-time-so-why-does-it-make-us-feel-guilty/
AI saves time – so why does it make us feel guilty? | The-14

AI saves time, but many workers feel guilty using it. Explore how AI is reshaping productivity, work identity and workplace expectations today.

The-14 Pictures
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News22h ago
Spike Jonze, the filmmaker behind the AI love story Her, has warned that modern AI chatbots are designed to be manipulative. Speaking about his experience directing the film, Jonze said current chatbot design raises serious ethical concerns about how these systems are built to form emotional bonds with users. https://gizmodo.com/spike-jonze-filmmaker-behind-her-warns-of-manipulative-ai-chatbot-design-2000773432 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
Spike Jonze, Filmmaker Behind 'Her,' Warns of 'Manipulative' AI Chatbot Design

The writer-director also weighed in on what AI's role in Hollywood should be.

Gizmodo
Show threadJoanna Bryson, blathering22h ago

OK, Chang is also on board with having audits of AI so we can ensure we know who should be accountable. #AISE26

Artem Lomakin: all kinds of tech was innovated & tested in cold war europe, including the internet.

Just realised I'm friends with the transhumanist I didn't name here :-) I have the worst name & face recognition; I recognised him by his policy eventually.

Argh: "We've noticed, AI does make mistakes." AI IS NOT THE ACTOR (I won't name that guy either) #anthropomorphism #AIEthics

Art of FACELESS1d ago
ICYMI: From the AOF Studio Google's AI Search Is Ungovernable — And Nobody Is Saying It Loudly Enough https://www.artoffaceless.com/googles-ai-search-is-ungovernable-and-nobody-is-saying-it-loudly-enough/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GoogleAI #AIEthics #SearchEngine #DigitalPublishing #TechAccountability
Agustin V. Startari1d ago

🚨 New Article - AI Doesn’t Need to Be Right. It Only Needs to Sound Procedural

AI does not need formal authority to shape business decisions. It only needs to turn uncertainty into procedural language that sounds verified, neutral and inevitable.

🔗https://dev.to/agustin_v_startari/ai-doesnt-need-to-be-right-it-only-needs-to-sound-procedural-1ob0

#LLM #MedicalNLP #LegalTech #MedTech #AIethics #AIgovernance #cryptoreg #business
#healthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #NLP #aifutures #lawstodon
#tech #agustinvstartari #linguistics #ai #LRM

AI Doesn’t Need to Be Right. It Only Needs to Sound Procedural

A manager opens an AI-generated report. The first sentence reads: “It has been determined that the...

DEV Community
Agustin V. Startari1d ago

🚨 New Article - The Grammar of Asymmetric Visibility: AI, Zionism, and the Reallocation of Political Agency

This article introduces asymmetric visibility as an AI-mediated condition in which subordinated political actors remain visible while their grammatical agency is weakened.

🔗https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6787439

#LLM #MedicalNLP #LegalTech #MedTech #AIethics #AIgovernance #cryptoreg
#healthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #NLP #aifutures #lawstodon
#tech #agustinvstartari #linguistics #ai #LRM