AI Image Tools Are Creating New Content-Moderation Problems

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Images of Mickey Mouse smoking and SpongeBob in Nazi garb are among those generating debate about how—and whether—tech companies can control the output of artificial-intelligence image generators. WSJ reporter Meghan Bobrowsky joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss. Plus, can Apple’s latest iPhone reverse a smartphone sales slump for the company? Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street.
0:17.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. it's Friday, September 6th.
0:23.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:26.2	iPhone sales make up a big chunk of Apple's business, which means the launch of its
0:32.0	latest one is pretty important for the company.
0:35.0	We'll take a look at how Apple's dependency on smartphone sales is impacting Wall Street's expectations
0:41.0	ahead of the company's event on Monday.
0:44.8	And then AI image generators are driving new questions about content moderation and how the companies
0:51.4	behind these tools should build safeguards.
0:54.0	Our reporter, Megan Barbarowski, will tell us about some of the controversial images created by Google's and
1:01.0	ex-A-I's new tools.
1:04.8	But first, on Monday, Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 16.
1:10.4	There are high hopes for the phone to help spark new demand.
1:14.0	The iPhone has been in a notable slump.
1:16.5	I phone revenue fell 2% in Apple's fiscal year that ended last September.
1:21.0	Here to tell us about what investors will be looking at is our
1:24.6	heard on the street columnist Dan Gallagher. So Dan put into perspective how
1:29.6	significant are iPhone sales to Apple's business.
1:33.0	Well, very significant.
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