ChatGPT has dramatically altered how people retrieve information, muscling aside Google search as the first stop on the hunt for answers.
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Amazon has disabled some Alexa privacy features amid a push to introduce AI capabilities and make more money.
Research suggests people judge information received by voice as more credible, even if the sources are shaky.
The latest update to ChatGPT includes a voice assistant that sounds like Scarlett Johansson. The use of the “eerily similar” voice reflects a longstanding gender issue with technology.
It’s difficult to see how artificial intelligence systems work, and to see whose interests they work for. Regulation could make AI more trustworthy. Until then, user beware.
Children’s voices and actions are recorded by virtual assistants, but what is being done with all the collected information?
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PhD Candidate, Communication & Culture, York University, Canada
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, York University, Canada
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Professor and Director of Research Impact and AI Strategy, Mississippi State University