David Smooke

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Check out The AI Writing Contest with @BrightData ! https://www.contests.hackernoon.com/ai-writing-contest Cash prizes for innovative approaches to AI and LLM training. We publish blog posts, research papers, stories of side hustles, you name it.

Any story tagged #AI enters to win. Most recent stories: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ai and RSS feed https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ai/feed

Couple of favorite recent posts we published:

Why Salesforce and Microsoft Are Battling for the Future of AI Agents https://hackernoon.com/why-salesforce-and-microsoft-are-battling-for-the-future-of-ai-agents

Decentralized AI Summit at MIT Votes OriginTrail As The Best Decentralized AI Project https://hackernoon.com/decentralized-ai-summit-at-mit-votes-origintrail-as-the-best-decentralized-ai-project

Studying is Overrated https://hackernoon.com/studying-is-overrated

Why Can’t AI Count Letters??? https://hackernoon.com/why-cant-ai-count-letters

The Paradox of AI: If It Can't Replace us, Is It Making Us Dumber? https://hackernoon.com/the-paradox-of-ai-if-it-cant-replace-us-is-it-making-us-dumber

How Does Human Memory Work? https://hackernoon.com/how-does-human-memory-work

Is AI Actually Writing Production-Ready Code? https://hackernoon.com/is-ai-actually-writing-production-ready-code

Our AI Coding Tool Went Viral, Then Everything Broke. This is What We Learned. https://hackernoon.com/our-ai-coding-tool-went-viral-then-everything-broke-this-is-what-we-learned

Startups of The Year: Meet the AI Industry https://hackernoon.com/startups-of-the-year-meet-the-ai-industry

Nobel Prize Winner Geoffrey Hinton Explores Two Paths to Intelligence in AI Lecture https://hackernoon.com/nobel-prize-winner-geoffrey-hinton-explores-two-paths-to-intelligence-in-ai-lecture

Comparing AI vs. Blockchain Hype https://hackernoon.com/comparing-ai-vs-blockchain-hype

The SaaS Apocalypse and How aI Will Give Birth to One-person Tech Giants https://hackernoon.com/the-saas-apocalypse-and-how-ai-wi
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πŸš€ How The Washington Post Uses AI to Empower Journalists πŸ”πŸ“°

An exciting new example in the world of AI-assisted journalism! The Post has developed an internal tool called "Hayatacker" that's enhancing in-depth reporting. Here's why it matters:

πŸŽ₯ What it does:
β€’ Extracts stills from video files
β€’ Processes on-screen text
β€’ Labels objects in images

πŸ—³οΈ First big project:
Analyzed 745 Republican campaign ads on immigration (Jan-Jun 2024)

🀝 Human-AI collaboration:
β€’ AI extracts and organizes data
β€’ Reporters verify and analyze findings

πŸ”Ž Thorough approach:
β€’ Manual review of all 745 ads
β€’ Reverse image searches when context is lacking
β€’ Cross-referencing with AdImpact transcripts

πŸ’‘ Key insight from WaPo's Senior Editor for AI strategy Phoebe Connelly:
"The more exciting choice is putting AI in the hands of reporters early on in the process."

This tool showcases how AI can augment journalistic capabilities without replacing human insight and verification. It's a powerful example of technology enhancing, not replacing, traditional reporting skills.

πŸ‘‰ Read the full article and the methodology: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/republican-campaign-ads-immigration-border-security/