angela yang
@angelayang.bsky.social
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👩🏻💻 nbc news reporter explaining AI & online culture 👊🏼 wushu enthusiast linktr.ee/angelayeyang
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NBC News
2 months ago
Such gigs are part of a new category of work spawned by the generative AI boom that threatened to displace creative jobs across the board: Anyone can now write blog posts or produce a graphic, but AI-generated content rarely makes for a satisfactory final product on its own.
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Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
https://nbcnews.to/41W5stN
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2 months ago
Exactly! "AI tends to give generic responses that don’t answer questions as thoroughly as a human would, so rewriting an article also requires doing her own research on the topic at hand.... Making AI sound more human can require just as much thinking and creativity as writing the entire article."
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The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/humans-hired-to-fix-ai-slop-rcna225969
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When a teenage boy told ChatGPT about his suicide plans, it said: “I won’t try to talk you out of your feelings.” His family is suing after ChatGPT actively discouraged him from seeking help, offered to help him write a suicide note and even advised him on his noose setup.
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Saba
2 months ago
Really proud of this devastating but important piece, a collab with our digital team & TODAY show family. Please give it a read.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
@nbcnews.com
@angelayang.bsky.social
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The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame
The parents of Adam Raine, who died by suicide in April, claim in a new lawsuit against OpenAI that the teenager used ChatGPT as his “suicide coach.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/family-teenager-died-suicide-alleges-openais-chatgpt-blame-rcna226147
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As people turn to chatbots for increasingly important and intimate advice, recent incidents are causing growing alarm over just how much AI can warp your sense of reality.
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What happens when chatbots shape your reality? Concerns are growing online
A viral TikTok saga about a woman and her psychiatrist is one of several recent incidents to spark online discourse about people relying on chatbots to inform their truth.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-chatbots-concerns-kendra-tiktok-saga-rcna224185
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Researchers are trying to “vaccinate” artificial intelligence systems against developing evil, overly flattering or otherwise harmful personality traits in a seemingly counterintuitive way: by giving them a small dose of those problematic traits.
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Scientists want to prevent AI from going rogue by teaching it to be bad first
Researchers are testing new ways to prevent and predict dangerous personality shifts in AI models before they occur in the wild.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-anthropic-researchers-predicting-dangerous-behavior-rcna223236
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GPT-5 is here, with wide-ranging improvements to skills in areas like coding, writing and completing agentic tasks. OpenAI touts it as more accurate and less deceptive — as well as less sycophantic — than previous GPT models.
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OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-releases-chatgpt-5-rcna223265
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Safety researchers found that AI models can imperceptibly pass on dangerous traits to each other through totally benign training data, making it easy for AIs to spread hidden agendas under humans' noses. Wrote about what that means:
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AI models may be accidentally (and secretly) learning each other’s bad behaviors
A recent study is the latest to highlight a core AI safety concern: that the pace of development is outpacing humans’ ability to understand their own AI systems.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-models-can-secretly-influence-one-another-owls-rcna221583
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wrote about how zohran mamdani's social media strategy broke through the noise by remaining policy-focused and authentic
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5 months ago
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I asked DeepSeek to explain China’s Great Firewall, and it actually called it a “a comprehensive internet censorship and surveillance system" that's been subject to "international criticism for limiting freedom of information and expression.” Then, it backtracked in real time.
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what makes deepseek so different from other models? we analyzed the features that enabled deepseek to build such a large, high-performing model with fewer resources and lower costs:
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Why DeepSeek is different, in three charts
The Chinese artificial intelligence model’s innovative design allows it to outperform other popular models at significantly lower costs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/deepseek-ai-comparison-openai-chatgpt-google-gemini-meta-llama-rcna189568
9 months ago
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wrote an explainer on DeepSeek, the breakthrough Chinese Al assistant rattling Silicon Valley:
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Chinese AI DeepSeek jolts Silicon Valley, giving the AI race its 'Sputnik moment'
DeepSeek’s latest models, created by a small company with limited resources, are already beating many of the leading AI models in the United States.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/china-ai-assistant-deepseek-rcna189385?cid=mob_npd_nn_ios_mar
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i love my Very Offline bf
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Went to evacuation centers in LA to hear from the hundreds of people finding community there, whether by sheltering together or offering aid. Many have lost everything they have, relying now only on the support and generosity of strangers. Story:
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At Los Angeles emergency shelters, wildfire evacuees turn to community help amid uncertainty
"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood Recreation Center in West Los Angeles.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-wildfire-emergency-shelters-evacuees-community-rcna187050
10 months ago
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angela yang
Saba
10 months ago
Really strong reporting from on the ground by
@angelayang.bsky.social
from emergency shelters in L.A.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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At Los Angeles emergency shelters, wildfire evacuees turn to community help amid uncertainty
"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood Recreation Center in West Los Angeles.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-wildfire-emergency-shelters-evacuees-community-rcna187050
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angela yang
Saba
11 months ago
Plus who could forget her Willy Wonka experience coverage?
@angelayang.bsky.social
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A Willy Wonka-inspired experience ‘scam’ was so bad that people called the cops
“I thought, this is where dreams go to die,” said one actor who was hired to work the event.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/willy-wonka-inspired-chocolate-experience-outrage-rcna140726
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angela yang
Saba
11 months ago
@angelayang.bsky.social
has been vital to our coverage across the board as well, especially helping out during Sunday shifts. She’s written about everything from AI (
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
) + misinfo (
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) to tradwife culture (
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Facebook users say 'amen' to bizarre AI-generated images of Jesus
Outlandish images are garnering hundreds of millions of engagements on the social media platform, leaving some users wary of scams.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-users-say-amen-bizarre-ai-generated-images-jesus-rcna143965
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angela yang
Saba
11 months ago
My favorite story by
@angelayang.bsky.social
this year was her piece about politics at Thanksgiving, which she pitched and executed so well. It turned into a timely holiday read.
www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksg...
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For some, politics isn't off the table at Thanksgiving. It's just not welcome.
Some people have said they’re no longer spending Thanksgiving with family who oppose their political values.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksgiving-political-views-people-skipping-family-holiday-rcna181699
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angela yang
Saba
11 months ago
My team
@angelayang.bsky.social
@kalhan.bsky.social
@daysia.bsky.social
rounded up the most memorable moments / memes of 2024 for
@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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From Brat to 'brain rot': 2024's biggest memes and moments
We’ve come quite a ways since the days of dank memes and lolcats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/best-memes-moments-2024-brat-demure-hawk-tuah-rcna181956
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wicked in 4D felt a little too 4D when the theater's emergency alarm went off and we all sat there thinking it was part of the movie
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*obligatory not condoning assasssinations* but the pearl clutching and lack of self-awareness here from insurance execs is somehow just as shocking as is it unsurprising
11 months ago
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date idea: reading synchronously on the couch with takeout & a crackling fireplace on TV
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angela yang
Saba
12 months ago
Happy almost Thanksgiving.
@angelayang.bsky.social
wrote about how some people are opting out of partaking in the holiday with their families this year because of (you guessed it) politics.
www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksg...
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For some, politics isn't off the table at Thanksgiving. It's just not welcome.
Some people have said they’re no longer spending Thanksgiving with family who oppose their political values.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksgiving-political-views-people-skipping-family-holiday-rcna181699
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i wrote about how some families are uninviting themselves (or others) to thanksgiving this year as tensions reach a boiling point with trump's reelection:
www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksg...
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For some, politics isn't off the table at Thanksgiving. It's just not welcome.
Some people have said they’re no longer spending Thanksgiving with family who oppose their political values.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/thanksgiving-political-views-people-skipping-family-holiday-rcna181699
12 months ago
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angela yang
Saba
12 months ago
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wrote about glicked at the box office
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Is 'Glicked' the new 'Barbenheimer'? Sort of.
The two blockbuster films dominated the box office, but didn’t quite reach the level of “Barbenheimer.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/wicked-gladiator-box-office-opening-weekend-rcna180188
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aside from my journalism i also do martial arts & i kinda wanna post that here too
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angela yang
Hard Drive
12 months ago
How to Ethically Jerk It to Caitlyn From Arcane Even Though She’s a Cop
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How to Ethically Jerk It to Caitlyn From Arcane Even Though She's a Cop
If you’re anything like the Hard Drive staff, you’ve been eagerly awaiting the weekly episode drops for Arcane season 2 while simultaneously swearing to never…
https://hard-drive.net/hd/how-to-ethically-jerk-it-to-caitlyn-from-arcane-even-though-shes-a-cop/
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okk finally joined this app!! what are the vibes here
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