AI - utopia or dystopia? A brave new world...

[Burnside]

More reasons why AI responses need to be taken with a large pinch of salt and challenged

A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?

Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war

www.theguardian.com

 

[Burnside]

US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI

Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots

www.theguardian.com

 

[Roedelheim]

The Guardian, every single month worth the few €/£ subscription! And so is Qobuz!

 

[castalla]

Ranked: Countries With the Most AI Patents

This chart ranks the top countries by AI patents in 2024, with China far ahead and others competing in the global race.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[castalla]

Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission

www.theguardian.com

 

[Burnside]

AI Assistance Within Music Apps Is Here, Let's Try It

Audio: Listen to this article. Members of the Audiophile Style community likely know my view that AI is the largest transfer of wealth, power, and intellectual property from the many to the very few, ripping off those that enable it to exist in the first place, and providing incorrect answers wit...

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[MCG555]

AI Assistance Within Music Apps Is Here, Let's Try It

Audio: Listen to this article. Members of the Audiophile Style community likely know my view that AI is the largest transfer of wealth, power, and intellectual property from the many to the very few, ripping off those that enable it to exist in the first place, and providing incorrect answers wit...

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AI can be of use!
I hope that Spotify is going to use it also in this way.
Personally I think it should be a nobrainer that, based on your stuff you like - and say so, and put that song in one dedicated playlist - Spotify should be able to get better and better predicting what you like and suggesting it!
It is already pretty good, but it always can get better!

I consequently tell Spotify what I like and dislike and hope it will be used for future selections. And I also hope it does not interfere too much with suggestions they want to make out of their sheer commercial interests. BUT exactly here I see conflicts: I get more and more suggestions of „AI produceers/artists“. Most stuff is really bad. Also here consequently I advise Spotify to not play this „Artist“ in the future. I check here, when they started „producing“. If its only going back to 2025, I more or less exclude/ delete everything! Actually it is quite some work! There is more and more I need to exclude…

 

[Burnside]

I can see a conversational mode, AI or otherwise, being useful when asking for music to be played via a voice assistant, especially when it comes to classical music where you could start with a composer then drill down by symphony, for example, then refine that by orchestra and composer to get the right version you want to hear.

 

[MCG555]

I can see a conversational mode, AI or otherwise, being useful when asking for music to be played via a voice assistant, especially when it comes to classical music where you could start with a composer then drill down by symphony, for example, then refine that by orchestra and composer to get the right version you want to hear.

Actually, I see much more of an advantage, if you don’t know exactly what (version) you want to hear. AI might suggest you things, that you were not even aware of before…
However, in this case, it could be a challenge to define verbally what exactly you want to hear…