By Adam Pease
Google’s “Genesis”: A News Writing AI Shocking Journalists
Google’s AI development team has built a tool that can produce convincing, and sometimes even accurate news stories. Anonymous sources, cited by the New York Times, have revealed that Google’s ‘Genesis’ can generate news articles.
When asked about the rumors, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Google is working to provide new tools for journalists that leverage generative AI. This blog discusses the news. Genesis
How New Are Google’s Capabilities?
While a news-generating AI tool may sound like an exciting or terrifying process, the reality is that the current generation of language models has already been capable of producing generated text capable of convincing many readers that it was written by a real human. The jury is still out on how good Google’s capabilities are, and we may have to wait and see until Genesis-written articles are in the wild. Genesis
Nevertheless, Google may be uniquely positioned to develop such a tool based on its search monopoly and vast repository of up-to-date data from around the world. Between tools like Google Maps and its general search project, Google is in a position to provide its language models with much more context than competitors like OpenAI, which may make its tools excel at generating factual content about current events. Genesis
Should AI Be Writing the News?
While we’ve focused on the technical details of the Genesis news so far, the story has also created an uproar among journalists, with some expressing the concern that Google’s tool could put working journalists out of a job, or proliferate misinformation. The question of whether large language models can be trust to provide a factual record of current events is an open one, and Google will likely have to meet a high standard of accuracy for its product to have wide adoption. Genesis
There will no doubt be a great debate over the next few years about these kinds of topics as generative AI continues to replace more aspects of the way work gets done. It will be up to governments and organizations to determine how much they want AI-generated content to become a trusted source of information.
Bottom Line
Google’s Genesis news underscores just how much generative AI is changing the landscape of content now. We will soon be having widespread social conversations about how much we want to allow artificial intelligence to transform our lives.
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