Researchers Develop Method for Telling AI Text from Human; How Cronkite Would Handle AI; Wonder Dynamics Intros Live-Action-to-3D Animation; Reddit Finally Profitable Thanks to AI; Scams Cost Consumers Millions; Chatbots Are Cutting Wait Times by A Lot
JAWS IN A HOT TUBCreated by Markus GrafGET STARTED WITH MIDJOURNEYOCTOBER 31, 2024🤖 Innovation Dispatch: Your Daily Dose of AIWelcome back, Innovators!Today: Researchers Develop Method for Telling AI Text from Human; How Cronkite Would Handle AI; Wonder Dynamics Intros Live-Action-to-3D Animation; Reddit Finally Profitable Thanks to AI; Scams Cost Consumers Millions; Chatbots Are Cutting Wait Times by A Lot There may not be a better way to say Happy Halloween than a pic of Jaws in a Hot Tub sipping a glass of champagne. It comes to us courtesy of Midjourney user Markus Graf, whose work typically involves role reversals between humans and animals. Want to have a creation of your own featured in a future edition of Innovation Dispatch, image or video? Send a link to your creations here. Now on to... 🎯 Today's Innovations
FEATURE Researchers Develop Method for Telling AI Text from Human🤖Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a method to identify AI-generated text by focusing on syntactic structures, or "templates," that AI language models commonly produce. AI models like ChatGPT tend to generate patterns in sentence structure, such as specific sequences of nouns, verbs, and adjectives that appear more formulaic than human writing. Byron Wallace, director of Northeastern’s data science program, explains this pattern-based approach highlights how "formulaic" and repetitive AI outputs can be, underscoring the "off" feeling many readers notice when reading AI-generated text. The study involved prompting AI models to create various forms of text—movie reviews, news summaries, and biomedical research—and then analyzing the resulting patterns. Each model exhibited a unique “signature” in its syntactic choices, such as dual adjectives (e.g., "unique and intense"), which appear more frequently in AI outputs than human-written content. Interestingly, the templates AI follows often align with its training data, with about 75% of these syntactic structures found in the original dataset. While the researchers note this method doesn’t create a foolproof way to identify AI-generated content, it offers a new framework for discussing and analyzing the distinct "feel" of AI text, validating why it may seem unnaturally repetitive or overly structured.
READ MORE ABOUT IT HEREFEATURE How Cronkite Would Handle AI🤖The Cronkite School's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University is using ChatGPT to help students with investigative reporting. Through the AI Innovation Challenge, students use ChatGPT to sort data, write legal arguments to get records, and make simple code to speed up data requests. This often saves money, like in one case where a $2,000 data request was lowered to $40 with ChatGPT’s help. Key Techniques and Benefits
Impact on JournalismThe Howard Center’s work shows how AI can support investigative journalism by speeding up routine tasks. This gives reporters more time to focus on the story. ASU students are learning to be strong reporters, building public trust, and helping democracy by holding leaders accountable. READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE📰 Top Headlines
AI Tool News: Wonder Dynamics Intros Live-Action-to-3D AnimationWonder Dynamics has launched a groundbreaking AI tool, Wonder Animation, which converts live-action footage into fully animated 3D scenes. Released in beta on October 30, this video-to-3D tech lets artists transform scenes shot with any camera into 3D animated environments featuring CGI characters, all powered by AI. Building on their original Wonder Studio platform, Wonder Animation adds the ability to reconstruct entire sequences with multiple camera angles and cuts, while precisely matching character positioning and movements within the environment. The result is a comprehensive 3D scene, where artists can edit animation, character movements, environments, lighting, and camera tracking data within their preferred software like Maya, Blender, or Unreal. Co-founder Nikola Todorovic highlights the tool’s design philosophy, which goes beyond automated outputs to offer artists full creative control, contrasting it with the “black-box” nature of typical AI. With Autodesk’s acquisition of Wonder Dynamics in 2017, the startup’s vision is to provide studio-quality VFX and CGI tools that are affordable even for indie filmmakers. LEARN MORE ABOUT IT HERERead All Innovation Dispatch Back Issues HereYour input fuels the content. Let me know how I did today!Email me your thoughts, or just tell me whether you thought it was: Great ❤️ Also, let me know what you would like to see more of. Have a great rest of your weekend! |
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