• The Battle Over Ghibli’s Artistic Style in AI Generation

    The recent viral phenomenon of ChatGPT generating images in Studio Ghibli’s distinctive style has raised serious questions about whether OpenAI trained its image generation models on copyrighted Ghibli content without permission. While there is no definitive confirmation, evidence points to a complex situation with significant copyright implications. The Conflicting Policies Within OpenAI One of the…


  • Philosophical Friday: What is real and what is not? and what will it mean?

    As the world grapples with the rise of nationalism vs. globalism and political stances are polarizing; the proliferation of false content to confuse or obfuscate reality is happening. The need for reliable and verifiable information has never been more pressing. In this landscape, trusted and watermarked AI-generated content can serve as a critical safeguard for…


  • Ethical AI Frameworks vary

    EY global study finds disconnect on ethical artificial intelligence (AI) priorities between public and private sector https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ey-global-study-finds-disconnect-230200076.html


  • Part 2: Ethics in AI

    In attempting to come to grips with where ethics is being applied to AI I have found through formal research approaches that both private and public sector organizations and companies have created frameworks or operating principles for ethical use of data and algorithms. That is the good news.  The bad news is they are not…


  • Part 1: A Journey into Practical Ethics and AI

    Hello World,   I have not posted in a while since I have been a little pre-occupied doing my job.  I read daily and keep so many articles on AI and I see the tide come in and go out on opinion on where AI is in being used and how advanced or how simplistic…


  • We interrupt normal broadcasting for a thought bubble !

    Good Morning.   I got into my car this morning as usual and at some point I pull up Spotify to play one of my own playlists.  This morning I was a victim of their own marketing initiatives.  Instead of my recent heavy rotation playlists being at the top there was this podcast link to…


  • AI Use Case 1: Step 2 Future State of HR Hiring

      So to summarize from the last post.  The first primary step in designing for AI projects is to align to the business strategy. As discussed earlier a specific use case is needed. As well as understanding current state processes, capabilities and outcomes.  Now that we understand the state of the organization and the intended…


  • AI Use Case 1: HR Hiring and Staff Attrition Step 1 Knowing Current State

    In this new set of series I will post and reflect on engagements that I have had with organizations around the world.  I will discuss what they are attempting to do with various AI related technologies and then provide updates on the projects as they progress.  Like all AI projects they tend to start smaller…


  • AI and Ethical use of data: Data Validity Part 1

    As mentioned yesterday I had the pleasure of taking a course on Ethics and Data Science.  Given that data science is a key area of the Machine Learning area of AI I thought I would expand on the subject as a starting point.  Each bullet I discuss has a more detailed discussion required.  But I…


  • AI and Ethics

                                  On a recent trip to New Orleans for work, we had the privilege of touring the location that houses and builds the floats for the Mardi Gras parade.  I took quite a few photographs but this grouping of money bags…