News & Reviews:   AI generated

As AI-generated content becomes more capable of producing text, images, music, and voices that closely resemble real artists’ work. Hundreds of artists across film, music, writing, and visual arts have launched a coordinated campaign calling out what they describe as the unethical use of creative works in AI training.

We reported about YouTube demonitising Screen Culture and KH Studios before for releasing thousands of fake AI trailers. Today, it seems that the tech giant has swung the axe. YouTube has permanently shut down these two channels after repeatedly violating the platform’s rules against spam and misleading metadata. Visitors now see an unavailable message when trying to access their pages.

As you should know by now, many companies are on the bandwagon of utilising AI to replace the human workforce. In this latest stunt, McDonald's Netherlands recently released a Christmas-themed commercial created entirely with AI, which was largely met with negative reception. Who could have seen that coming?

Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has revealed that the Government is considering making it mandatory for AI-generated content to be labelled as such. The requirement is touted to be part of the upcoming Online Safety Act 2024, which is expected to come into force by the end of 2025.

If you surf the Malaysia thread on Reddit a lot, you might remember coming across a topic about food delivery platforms using AI-generated food images. Yesterday, the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) said that food businesses must be transparent if the images are AI-generated.

Love scam happens quite often in this digital world but this one takes the cake. It was reported that a French woman lost $850,000 (~RM3.8 million) to a Brad Pitt impersonator.

Despite YouTube's constant need to slam the ban hammer on Adblockers, the company does just as much to improve the experience for content creators. Last week, there was a report about a green screen feature and earlier this week there was one about YouTube allowing 3 thumbnails per video. But there are more features on the way.

Too tired after a long day to properly reply to messages? Well, AI can now think of replies for you. Samsung Galaxy smartphones already have this with Galaxy AI, but we can expect more platforms and devices to follow. For example, Windows 11 PCs.

Having features added to platforms isn't anything new. But if there's a domain that many are wary of, it would have to be artificial intelligence (AI). In YouTube's case, the company is allegedly working on new features for AI-generated audio tracks.

China recently arrested a man called Hong who generated fake news using ChatGPT. The fake news involved a train crash that killed 9 people in China and was spread across 21 different blogs on China’s Baidu with 15000 views. While we’re thinking this is more about the fake news than how it was generated, it could mark the first of many more such arrests using ChatGPT.