Artificial Intelligence
Stories and news coverage about artificial intelligence, particularly as it relates to the film and television industries, local media, advertising, broadcasting, streaming, measurement, data and marketing.
Google signs AI licensing partnership with CNN
CNN says it will receive compensation in exchange for providing Google with access to its content to train AI programs and features.
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Fox expands AI-powered linear TV ad buying with agencies
Fox says the platform has progressed from technical demonstrations to executing transactions for live advertising campaigns.
Saudi man arrested for bugging ChatGPT developer offices
Prosecutors say Abdulrahman Alfozan installed a surveillance device on a smart TV in a conference room used by OpenAI to discuss sensitive matters.
USA Today files $250 million copyright lawsuit against OpenAI
The newspaper giant claims OpenAI's ChatGPT was trained on more than 100,000 local and national news articles without permission.
ChatGPT to begin displaying image-based ad spots
ChatGPT will begin rendering image-based advertising in the United States later this month; a handful of buyers are already committed to the project.
Publishers push for new law banning bot-based AI scraping
The proposed law gives publishers greater control of how and when robots access their materials, and allows the FTC and others to bring litigation against bad actors.
Google pays some news publishers as AI-generated results dominate search
Nearly 100 publishers are participating in the trial, according to a report. The program comes as Google search results become more reliant on AI-generated responses.
Charter’s Spectrum to demonstrate new NVIDIA-powered edge compute platform
Spectrum will demonstrate new capabilities for its Edge Compute Infrastructure at a trade show this week.
Comscore: ChatGPT losing market share to Gemini, Claude
ChatGPT remains the category leader, but its share of total AI prompt volume fell this year as consumers sampled and integrated competing products.
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Study: TV execs expect regulation of AI-driven content discovery
As artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of TV content search and discovery, executives expect regulators to step in.
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Texas TV station KSAT to use artifical intelligence “anchor” voices
The artificial intelligence craze has come for the local television news set.
TiVo refreshes operating system with AI capabilities, new FAST channels
TiVo is adding interactive television capabilities through IRCODE, using AI and computer vision to support commerce, advertising and content discovery.