• EP2: AI outages, Ethical Debates in Genealogy, Google's awful week. Perplexity's “Pages” simplifies research

  • Jun 11 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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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 Little

    Join 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!

    Timestamps

    00:30 Major outage of tools on June 4th, 2024

    02:48 Ethical considerations for using AI for genealogy

    10:38 OpenAI's new content licensing deals

    13:54 Google fumbles AI-overview rollout

    17:20 Perplexity's innovative Pages tool simplifies research

    23:57 OpenAI announces more free stuff included in ChatGPT

    29:16 AI Tip of The Week: Treat Your Chatbot Like a Human

    32:34 Rapid-fire updates

    32:41 OpenAI Announce development of a new large language model

    34:08 Partnership between Apple and OpenAI expected soon

    35:45 Elon Musk announces $6B investment in Grok.AI

    36:38 Meta/Facebook announce a paid version of Meta.AI coming “soon”

    39:31 Upcoming Announcements

    39:37 Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference

    39:45 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference

    40:05 Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh

    41:07 Tout fini!

    Resource Links

    OpenAI:

    https://www.openai.com

    ChatGPT:

    https://chatgpt.com/

    “Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence (AI)” Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogyandai

    Google AI Overview:

    https://ai.google

    Perplexity AI:

    https://www.perplexity.ai

    Perplexity Pages Tool:

    https://www.perplexity.ai/pages

    Anthropic:

    https://www.anthropic.com

    Meta AI:

    https://ai.facebook.com

    Ontario Genealogical Society Conference:

    https://conference.ogs.on.ca

    Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP):

    https://www.gripitt.org

    Apple Worldwide Developer Conference:

    https://developer.apple.com/wwdc
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