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Radio New Zealand admits AI error in MorningReport segment

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Radio New Zealand (RNZ) has admitted to using artificial intelligence for its MorningReport segment, which led to an error in reporting. The AI's inaccuracy has caused a significant drop in the announcer's confidence in RNZ's content. AI

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Radio New Zealand admits AI error in MorningReport segment

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Today on # RNZ the announcer mentioned that they had used # AI to get some details for their # MorningReport segment. And they admitted an error in reporting as

    Today on # RNZ the announcer mentioned that they had used # AI to get some details for their # MorningReport segment. And they admitted an error in reporting as the AI was wrong (shock and surprise). My confidence in RNZ has just plunged. Why is anyone trusting the enslopificatio…

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