Tech Bytes — Week in Review: Online extremism, Section 230, and ScarJo vs. OpenAI
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🗓️ 24 May 2024
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Summary
Proceeding without permission is a time-tested practice in some corners of Silicon Valley. Well, it’s not working out so well for OpenAI. Actress Scarlett Johansson said this week the company approached her twice to voice a new AI assistant for ChatGPT-4o. She declined, only to find it had used a voice that sounds “eerily” like hers. Plus, on Capitol Hill, a House subcommittee held a hearing that could decide the future of Section 230, the provision that largely governs the internet today. We’ll explain why chatbots have entered the chat on Section 230’s future.
But first, a new report by former tech company officials and academic researchers finds far-right extremist militias are once again organizing on Facebook ahead of November’s presidential election. They recommend platforms ramp up content moderation to avoid fueling political violence. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali is joined by Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, for her take on this week’s tech news.
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| 0:28.8 | Scar Joe takes on open AI. |
| 0:34.0 | From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech. |
| 0:36.4 | I'm Lily Dromale. proceeding without permission is a time-tested practice in some corners of Silicon Valley? |
| 0:53.0 | Well, it's not working out so well for open AI. |
| 0:55.8 | The actress Scarlet Johanson said this week |
| 0:57.8 | the company approached her twice |
| 1:00.1 | to voice a new AI assistant for ChatGPT 4-0. |
| 1:04.5 | She declined only to find they'd gone with a voice that sounds eerily like hers. |
| 1:09.9 | We'll look at the fallout on this edition of Marketplace Tech Bites, we can review. |
| 1:14.2 | Plus, on Capitol Hill, a House subcommittee held a hearing that could decide the future of |
| 1:18.3 | Section 230, the provision that largely governs the internet today. |
| 1:23.0 | We'll explain why chatbots have entered the chat on Section 230's future. |
| 1:27.7 | But first, a new report by former tech company officials |
| 1:30.9 | and academic researchers finds far-right extremist militias |
| 1:34.8 | are once again organizing on Facebook ahead of November's election. |
| 1:39.4 | They recommend platforms ramp up content moderation to avoid fueling political violence |
| 1:45.0 | here's Maria Curie of Axios. I think based on these groups forming on on |
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