Posted on March 20, 2023 3:00 am by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | For Immediate Release | Social Media | Technology | Transparency | Artificial intelligence (AI)
All generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) works fundamentally the same: AI neural networks learn from large training sets, gleaning patterns from the contents of those training sets in order to create original content based on their understanding of those patterns. When the companies behind those AI tools use content available on the web for training, do they need to ask permission…
Posted on March 4, 2023 3:34 pm by Shel Holtz | Business | Ethics | PR | Search | Technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Metaverse
My interest in adapting technology to communication was sparked in 1985. I remember the exact moment when the concept clicked for me. It was when an IT rep at the company where I worked saw the modem in my office and asked if I was on a BBS. I didn’t know what that was. He logged me onto one, and my life…
Posted on July 27, 2022 10:10 am by Shel Holtz | Data and Data Journalism | Internal | Intranets | Technology | Writing and Editing
A friend recently posted a short opinion on Facebook:
“ONLY THREE KINDS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITERS would lean on AI to puke out their prose: the lazy, the cynical and the hopelessly overwhelmed. Tell me I’m wrong.”
This post was, in fact, a promo for a longer blog post. His blog, by the way, is excellent. My friend is an excellent writer. He wrote an excellent…
Posted on August 6, 2019 9:27 am by Shel Holtz | The Workplace Experience | Internal | Technology
While there is reason for workers in some industries to worry about their jobs giving way to robots and Artificial Intelligence, internal communicators can expect to stay very busy for the next decade.
Based on the results of Deloitte’s 2019 Global Human Capital Trends report, the publication HR Technologist listed 10 key trends for the next 10 years that will define the…
Posted on January 12, 2018 1:53 pm by Shel Holtz | Employee Engagement | Virtual and Augmented Reality | The Workplace Experience | Wearables | Brands | Business | Channels | Ethics | Facebook | Internal | Marketing | Media | Mobile | Politics | PR | Technology | Twitter
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Posted on December 22, 2017 12:01 pm by Shel Holtz | Chatbots | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Content | Instagram | Advertising | Brands | Business | Customer Service | Facebook | Instant Messaging | Marketing | Measurement | Podcasting | PR | Research | Social Media | Technology | Twitter
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NewsFacebook inks deal with Universal Music Group—Facebook users will be able to upload videos that include music from Universal Music Group’s vast library across Facebook,…
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