OpenAI partners with American Journalism Project(opens in a new tab) (AJP) to support local news, an important step for AI and the future of media.
Tuesday, OpenAI announcement(opens in a new tab) a $5 million partnership with AJP, a venture philanthropy that supports local news outlets. The partnership will fund an “AI studio” that will oversee AI applications in local newsrooms, provide grants to local news outlets to explore the application of AI-powered tools, and $5 million dollars of API credits for AJP and its portfolio of news outlets. to use OpenAI tools like GPT-4.
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OpenAI and its generative AI tools ChatGPT and DALL-E have raised concerns about the proliferation of misinformation, media copyright infringement, as well as the reinforcement of biases and the use of personal data to form its models. Just last week, it was reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had launched an investigation into OpenAI, seeking to open the black box of OpenAI technologies and understand the inner workings of training and development. of his models.
OpenAI has been open to federal regulation publicly, but behind the scenes the company has been pushing for looser regulation. Some AI Experts suggest(opens in a new tab) OpenAI’s cooperation with regulators aims to ensure that they have a say in how their business is regulated. From the company partnership with Associated Press(opens in a new tab) and now AJP says OpenAI is proactively addressing potential copyright issues by dealing with criticism that ChatGPT and similar apps stream media content outside of fair use.
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Another way to look at the partnership is that local news, through AJP, has the opportunity to influence how OpenAI’s transformative technology impacts media. “In these early days of generative AI, we have the opportunity to ensure that local news outlets and their communities participate in shaping its implications. With this partnership, we aim to promote ways for the AI to enhance – rather than jeopardize – journalism,” said Sarabeth Berman, CEO of AJP in the announcement. Local news is a critical aspect of civic engagement and countering misinformation and bias, but often lacks funding and resources to thrive or even survive.
OpenAI’s media partnerships represent a new step in the rapidly evolving frontier of AI’s relationship with modern society. But what this step means is still unclear.
