EP2: AI outages, Ethical Debates in Genealogy, Google's awful week. Perplexity's “Pages” simplifies research
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“These tools are so useful […] that even if there are prohibitions against their use, […] there's an incredible temptation to use them surreptitiously.” - Steve LittleJoin Mark Thompson and Steve Little as they discuss the AI stories affecting the family history community. AI outages, ethical debates, and cutting-edge tools were all big news this week.   Also, listen to how OpenAI's new content deals, Google's very bad awful week, and Perplexity's innovative Pages tool, could impact your genealogy research in the future.Please leave a comment/review to let us know how we’re doing, and what you would like us to discuss in future episodes!Timestamps00:30 Major outage of tools on June 4th, 202402:48 Ethical considerations for using AI for genealogy10:38 OpenAI's new content licensing deals13:54 Google fumbles AI-overview rollout17:20 Perplexity's innovative Pages tool simplifies research23:57 OpenAI announces more free stuff included in ChatGPT29:16 AI Tip of The Week: Treat Your Chatbot Like a Human32:34 Rapid-fire updates32:41 OpenAI Announce development of a new large language model34:08 Partnership between Apple and OpenAI expected soon35:45 Elon Musk announces $6B investment in Grok.AI36:38 Meta/Facebook announce a paid version of Meta.AI coming “soon”39:31 Upcoming Announcements39:37 Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference39:45 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference40:05 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh41:07 Tout fini!Resource LinksOpenAI: https://www.openai.comChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ “Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence (AI)” Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogyandaiGoogle AI Overview:https://ai.googlePerplexity AI: https://www.perplexity.aiPerplexity Pages Tool:https://www.perplexity.ai/pagesAnthropic:https://www.anthropic.comMeta AI:https://ai.facebook.comOntario Genealogical Society Conference:https://conference.ogs.on.caGenealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP):https://www.gripitt.orgApple Worldwide Developer Conference:https://developer.apple.com/wwdc
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