Media companies have been trying — and often failing — to spin up ways to use generative AI for stories without making embarrassing errors.
NPR is taking a more hardline approach. Among the things that are off-limits for staff: putting any editorial work, including drafts, into AI systems; downloading tools or opening accounts without internal vetting; and inputting any company information that’s not already public.
Instagram is reportedly developing a way for users to add story highlights to posts, per app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi.
Highlights, the pinned collections of Stories, are a way to organize posts around a certain topic — but can get lost in shuffle once they’re saved. There’s also no quick way to reshare highlights right now.
The “Gizmodo Bot” produced a list of Star Wars films and TV shows in order, its first article since G/O Media announced it would experiment with AI tools.
I haven’t seen Star Wars (don’t yell at me), but even I know something is off about this chronology.
