Notices by DW Innovation (dw_innovation@mastodon.social), page 3

In this excellent scrollytelling piece, the FT explains basically everything you need to know about the genesis and concept of generative AI. RNNs, transformers, LLMs, beam search, hallucinations, grounding, RLHF, and the general recognition and prediction of motifs or patterns – it's all there.

https://ig.ft.com/generative-ai/

Dear Mastodon community!

Thanks to the kind mention by @FediFollows we've gained a lot of new followers in the last 24 hours. So maybe it's time for another quick intro.

Our mission statement: https://innovation.dw.com/about

Our team: https://innovation.dw.com/team

Our focus topics: https://innovation.dw.com/topics

Our collection of tools: https://innovation.dw.com/outcomes

And please remember: We're not a newsroom and not DW's management – just an R&D unit checking out #technology for #journalism.

#Doomscrolling. It's a thing.

"People are overwhelmed. They’re tired. Sometimes you want to just curl up in a ball and pull your comforter over your head. (...)

That’s the worst thing you can do for your mental health. It’s important to connect with people, (...) and sometimes you can connect with people and be part of the solution to a problem at the same time."

https://www.wired.com/story/doomscrolling-bad-news-mental-health/

"We gather. We source. We map."

That's the motto of the EU Disinfo Lab.

Have you checked out their web #newsletter yet? The *Disinfo Update* is a "trusted source for curated updates on news, events, and announcements in the #disinformation field from around the globe."

https://www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-update-14-11-2023/

Remember #NFTs? They were heavily criticized by some, and their production consumed a lot of energy. Well, most of the tokens seem to be completely worthless now:

https://dappgambl.com/nfts/dead-nfts/

2100 followers and counting. Wow. Thanks again.

More posts are coming up. And we'll also address your comments and questions asap.

Have a good start into the week!

From our blog archive: A candid conversation on #XR, the #metaverse, and #journalism.

With lots of great insights by Wesa Aapro of Finnish public broadcasting service #Yle.

https://innovation.dw.com/articles/xr-metaverse-journalism-conversation

Mark you calendars:

#AI4MEDIA will host an online #workshop on October 9th, 10h-12h (CEST).

⚡Learn about the consortium's #insights & #whitepapers.

🤝 Join the conversation between #AI R&D people & all kinds of #media practitioners.

More details & free tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artificial-intelligence-fit-for-media-sector-a-practitioner-perspective-tickets-711008163557

"Our journalists guarantee our quality. Our commitment to independence, diligence, transparency, respect, diversity of opinion and diversity applies no matter what. At the same time, we are keen to investigate how AI tools can support our journalism."

In a nutshell, this is DW's take on the use of #AI in #news. Details in this commentary by our editor-in-chief Manuela Kasper-Claridge: https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-deutsche-welles-approach-to-generative-ai/a-66868035

More on AI-driven projects & experiments at DW over here: https://innovation.dw.com/topics/ai-automization

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