Comments on: ‘Borderline mental’: News Corp journos slam company’s AI crackdown on popular transcription service https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/ On politics, media, business, the environment and life Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Bolivar diGriz https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751402 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:07:49 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751402 In reply to Robert.

Given how much electricity “AI” wastes uses. it’s in its own best interests to deny climate change. Or it would be, if there was such a thing as AI advanced enough to worry about self-preservation.

(Unnecessary explainer: Actually what this so-called AI would be doing would be standard speech-to-text and then using inferred rules based on statistics about what the next word would most likely be based on other recordings so that it could fill in the inaudible words. It’s a bit more advanced but same principle as Dragon Dictate, for those of us old enough to remember…

It has no idea what any of the words mean. It just “knows” which ones are likely to be the next ones in the phrase that it’s working on. “Unicorn” or “methane”, they’re both equally real to the software.)

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By: Hoojakafoopy https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751390 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:59:16 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751390 I take it that Open AI doesn’t provide a transcription service..?

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By: Robert https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751380 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:45:28 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751380 Did they catch out Otter in using training data from the ABC?
Who knows, the AI might not deny climate change!

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By: George M https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751342 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:32:25 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751342 In reply to Gonggongche.

The most likely reason is that otter.ai licence permits reuse and training on the inputs and news Ltd is worried about the exclusivity.

Probably they’ll relent when legals can guarantee it stays inside the barbed wire fence

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By: Mike Smith https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751287 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:15:48 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751287 Murdoch wants Otter to pay them for using it, in much the same way they expect SM to pay for their advertising

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By: klewso https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751260 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:17:08 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751260 In reply to Gonggongche.

‘Flood’ or ‘flush’?

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By: Gonggongche https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751259 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:11:34 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751259 In reply to klewso.

I’m trying my best to flood AI’s source with anti-News Corp stuff.

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By: klewso https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751258 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:07:55 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751258 In reply to klewso.

…. or “Papa ‘doch”….

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By: klewso https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751256 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:52:56 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751256 In reply to Gonggongche.

“BIG RUPERT IS WATCHING YOU!”

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By: Gonggongche https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comment-751253 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:43:35 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971#comment-751253 Does this amount to News Corp not wanting its journalists to report what was actually said, but rather use AI to create what the journalist wants the ‘mark’ to have said.

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