It’s easy to get caught up in the crazy daily headlines of AI and miss many of the positive things that generative AI is starting to enable. Sure, there’s Google’s crazy AI search results (see below), squabbles between OpenAI and ScarJo, and lots of deep-in-the-weeds AI security and economic worries. On the other hand, there are marketers who are using AI to write client copy in […]
Read MoreIP Intrigue and Deepfake Drama
Well, that was quick. The hype over last week’s new AI demos by OpenAI and Google has already metamorphosed into fears of deepfakes and IP ownership. The claims from Scarlett Johansson’s lawyers are big tabloid fare. They claim that, at best, OpenAI mimicked her voice for their new AI assistant, and, at worst, they trained their models using her voice. Although OpenAI removed […]
Read MoreAI Edge Interview – Dustin Dwyer
AI EDGE Interview: Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Public Dustin Dwyer is a busy guy. For twenty years, this Harvard Nieman Fellow has been cranking out content in the Mitten State for Michigan Public, a huge public media organization with roots in radio that covers nine Nielsen markets and the entire southern half of Michigan’s lower peninsula. […]
Read MoreAI Image Generation, Good and Bad
AI crossed-over into the tabloids again this week after images surfaced of Katy Perry showing off a massive floral dress at this year’s Met Gala in Manhattan. The only problem with the picture was, of course, it was completely fabricated. However, the picture was realistic enough to fool Perry’s mom, who texted the pop superstar, “What […]
Read MoreGenerating Content with AI
This week has been a rarity in the AI world, a week where there have been no major press releases, upgrades, mergers, affiliations, or PR disasters. Behind the scenes, there have been previews of upcoming things to look forward to, such as a recurring rumor about Apple both teaming with ChatGPT for upcoming iPhone releases and Microsoft releasing a […]
Read MoreWhat Advertisers Think About AI
The last several issues of this AI newsletter have covered a lot of ground from AI workflow to new AI technology to audience perceptions of AI. But none of it matters if the advertisers aren’t on board. Below is a fact-packed conversation with Corey Elliott of Borrell and Associates that gives insight into what local advertisers are thinking […]
Read More4 Things About AI Queries
last week’s deluge of news about new AI models from all the major players, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the options and new features each AI platform offers and which one is best suited for you and your company’s work and budgetary needs. All businesses are facing the same questions, and many analysts predict […]
Read MoreNew AI Audio Tools and Competition
Lots of Innovations, New Tools, and Counter-Hype What’s News: After a late-March lull, press releases and news stories for AI innovations have been fast and furious over the last week, showing that even if the PR teams took a spring vacation, the development teams didn’t. First off, Google announced the public release of the latest […]
Read MoreJacobs Media Techsurvey Turns to AI
What’s News: In this week’s “Very Special Edition” of the AI Edge newsletter, we share exclusive data regarding listeners’ perceptions and attitudes about AI from the soon-to-be-released Jacobs Media Techsurvey 2024. If you’re unfamiliar with the Jacobs Media Techsurvey, since 2005 Jacobs Media has collaborated with hundreds of radio stations in the United States and Canada to gather listener responses through an […]
Read MoreIntegrating the AI-DJ into a radio station
What’s News: The big news of the week flooded social media, news sites, and tech blogs when Bloomberg leaked that Apple was in negotiations with Google to license its AI engine Gemini for use in iPhones. It would not be the first pairing of the companies: Google reportedly pays Apple $18 BILLION per year for […]
Read MoreThe Unstoppable Rise of AI: Notes from Borrell Miami 2024
ICYMI, Borrell Associates’ conference in Miami took place last week, and our Chris Brunt was on hand, taking copious notes, asking probing questions, and thoroughly processing how the confluence of AI and radio is an unstoppable force. Chris has made it his mission to consider all the AI angles to help guide us through the tall grass of this technology. Will you find his observations about AI at Borrell mind-blowing or in the “I already knew that” category? You’ll have to click READ MORE below to find out.
Read More5: Being a Change Agent With AI
What’s News: This week hundreds of digital marketers from companies with roots in traditional media gathered in Miami for the always-informative Borrell conference. And just like every alphabet-soup-conference this year from CES to CRS to NAB, a major chunk of Borrell’s confab was dedicated to AI. There were sessions on advertisers’ opinions and use of […]
Read More4: Connections in a Sea of AI Content
Connections in a Sea of AI Content What’s News: To the relief of thousands of human bloggers, webmasters, and content creators, Google announced this week it is changing its algorithm to take on AI-generated clickbait. Set aside the dystopian vision of AI fighting AI; Google’s search division understands users have needs for human-generated content and human connection, and […]
Read More3: A Rough Week for AI
What’s News: In the last week, there has been a whirlwind of negative news concerning the big AI players. Google announced it was halting image generation on its Gemini tool so it could fix historically inaccurate images being created — such as an African American George Washington. This news followed a big hiccup at ChatGPT, where […]
Read More2: It’s Feeling Like 1999
During one of our weekly idea sessions, Bob Kernen, jacapps COO, observed that A.I. in this moment in time feels eerily similar to where search engines were at before Google’s algorithm became the default standard for accurate search results at the beginning of the millennium. Prior to Google’s launch of PageRank, which calculates a website’s relevance based […]
Read More1: Welcome to the AI Edge
Even though I’ve been using AI text and image creation tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion since their public releases in late 2022, creating an AI newsletter for the radio and broadcast industry is a major undertaking. Not only is there a firehose of new AI tools, websites, and innovations being introduced every single day, […]
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