podcasting
Podcasting's moving fast… and possibly breaking things
Some news from the podcasting world, as Apple gets transcription happy, Ai translations prove harder than expected — and the worst celebrity podcast is announced.
Automattic
What the hell is happening at Automattic?
The WordPress.com company is selling posts from that site and Tumblr to AI companies — while its CEO scraps with a banned user online. Which is… fine?
Coronavirus: Facebook is becoming an unreliable source of traffic
As content moderators are sent home, AI tools are taking over their content policing job - and getting it wrong.
artificial intelligence
The Washington Post is also using AI for comments
Looks like the “AI for comments” trend is on the match [https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2017/06/22/the-washington-post-leverages-artificial-intelligence-in-comment-moderation/?utm_term=.0026b5192c45] : > The Washington Post has launched ModBot, a software application that utilizes artificial intelligence to moderate comments. The proprietary technology uses machine learning to automatically filter
artificial intelligence
The New York Times battles trolls with AI
I’ve spent a significant chunk of today reading about AI, for another writing project. That led me back to a piece, about the New York Times harnessing AI [https://www.recode.net/2017/6/13/15789178/new-york-times-expanding-comments-artificial-intelligence-google] system called Perspective to help with comment moderation: > “What Moderator really