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The Intelligence: AI rest my case

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The companies behind this wonder of tech are facing allegations of using copyrighted material to build their large language models (LLMs). But will the courts consider it fair use? Why ex-inmates are so likely to die just after they leave prison (10:15). And, the case for booing in sports (16:13). 


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1:06.5

The Economist.

1:13.5

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:16.5

I'm Jason Palmer.

1:17.6

And I'm O'Rei.

1:19.4

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:28.1

People who have been to prison, on average, don't live as long as those who haven't.

1:32.9

But a new study digs into one big contributor to that aggregate fact.

1:37.6

A staggering number of ex-prisoners die in the days just after being released.

2:06.4

And an Indian star cricketer has been hit with a torrent of abuse after switching teams, sparking a bigger question about how much booing is too much booing. Thank you. But first.

2:19.2

Recently, we've talked a lot on the show about the wonders of generative artificial intelligence,

2:25.7

about its speed, its breadth of capabilities, from writing prose to generating code,

2:28.9

and about the breakneck pace of its advancement.

2:32.1

Investors have taken note, too.

2:35.6

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT,

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