Artificial Intelligence: The ABC is Building Its Own AI Model Like ChatGPT
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 24 Jan 2024
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- 2
- Australian
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- 8 Mar 2025, 01:04 pm
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An email to staff from the ABC’s news standards editor said the broadcaster was “conducting trials to use AI to enhance our work and make it accessible to more Australians”.
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The article highlights the ABC's initiative to develop its own large language model similarly to ChatGPT, aimed at enhancing its news operations. This effort is coupled with cautioning its staff against utilizing existing AI platforms like ChatGPT or Midjourney for content creation, reflecting a strategic move towards AI integrations within media enterprises. Although this indicates significant corporate use of AI, the ABC’s efforts are more geared towards operational enhancement rather than directly addressing existential AI risks. This development is pertinent to the Australian context, reflecting the national broadcaster's approach to incorporating AI technologies responsibly while ensuring compliance with internal standards.
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CompaniesMedia & MarketingPrint articleSam Buckingham-JonesMedia and marketing reporterJan 24, 2024 – 1.11pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginThe ABC is working on its own large language model – a type of artificial intelligence trained on vast amounts of data – to “enhance” its work, while also warning staff against using AI platforms like ChatGPT or Midjourney to create content for news.In an internal email sent to ABC staff last month, Matt Brown, the ABC’s news standards editor, said the public broadcaster was piloting AI technology in its news teams and developing its own.Loading...Sam Buckingham-Jonesis the media and marketing reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Connect withSamonTwitter.SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreMedia & marketingAINews CorpLachlan MurdochABCAFR WeekendWorkforce SummitAI SummitFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upSally Patten and Lap PhanThe four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersEugenie KellyThis machine can bring out the creative streak you never knew you hadThis data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family officePrimrose RiordanVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions