The Washington Post is sticking a new climate-focused AI chatbot inside its homepage, app, and articles.
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- Jul 12 did:plc:qbohmk7bwmmxcqztd5slyywePlaying around with the Washington Post's new AI tool that answers questions about climate. Below its response to my question whether we will survive. It's not very optimistic in general - but a question mark makes quite a difference.
- @diegopappalardo@toot.community"The Washington Post made an AI chatbot for questions about climate" Well I hope it doesn't involve glue and rocks. #wapo#ai#chatbot#climatechange
- Jul 11 bkreit.bsky.socialWashington Post Launches AI to Answer Climate Questions, But It Won't Say Whether AI Is Bad for the Climate
- @emilymbender@dair-community.socialWaPo: Detailed reporting about how "AI" is contributing to the climate crisis, including delaying the decommissioning of coal-fueled power plants. Also WaPo: Let's set up a chatbot to provide possibly false summaries of our articles on the climate crisis! Also, psst, Axios: chatbots don't "feel" anything. Please avoid anthropomorphizing language in your reporting.
- Jul 11 did:plc:aeug3w4mdhnc2wv73hmrh36vWaPo: Detailed reporting about how "AI" is contributing to the climate crisis, including delaying the decommissioning of coal-fueled power plants. Also WaPo: Let's set up a chatbot to provide possibly false summaries of our articles on the climate crisis!