✎ TECHCRUNCH 資訊科技媒體《TechCrunch》｜20230816

Google’s AI search experience adds AI-powered summaries, definitions and coding improvements

Google的人工智慧體驗增加以AI產生的摘要、解釋及程式碼改進

Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE), the company’s AI-powered conversational mode in Search, with a goal of helping users better learn and make sense of the information they discover on the web. The features include tools to see definitions of unfamiliar terms, those that help to improve your understanding and coding information across languages, and an interesting feature that lets you tap into the AI power of SGE while you’re browsing.

✎ WIRED 科技雜誌《WIRED》｜20230814

TikTok Is Letting People Shut Off Its Infamous Algorithm—and Think for Themselves

TikTok針對對歐盟使用者關閉其惡名昭彰的演算法，交由使用者自己決定

TikTok is making its algorithm optional for users in the European Union. But more legal and design changes are necessary to protect people’s right to “cognitive liberty.”

✎ NIEMAN LAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20230816

“Not a replacement of journalists in any way”: AP clarifies standards around generative AI

「無論如何，人工智慧不會取代記者角色」美聯社更新生成式人工智慧使用守則

One new AP Stylebook entry cautions journalists to avoid “language that attributes human characteristics to these systems.”

✎ journalism.co.uk 英國新聞網站《journalism.co.uk》｜20230815

9 in 10 LGBTQ journalists face abuse and harassment, report finds

調查報告顯示：9成的LGBTQ記者面臨霸凌及騷擾

Journalists facing abuse related to their sexuality and identity often fail to file a complaint because their employers lack the right policies and support structures

✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20230817

Why publishers are investing in non-news verticals to grow revenue

何以出版商投資非新聞類垂直產業以增加收入？

Building strong verticals beyond hard news can be a useful investment.

✎ Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 牛津大學路透新聞學研究所｜20230817

The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK

BBC正在接受審視：一些與BBC在英國擔負的任務有關的研究報告

The BBC is the most widely used source of news in the UK. It has lower reach among the young and the less formally educated

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