Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 07 2023 07:23:38

KICKER: WHEN THE "INTELLIGENCE" IS NOT FOR REAL

ANCHOR: Imagine AI - artificial intelligence - behind the radio mic? 
Well.....it has already arrived in broadcasting and that's giving us here 
at Newsline something to think about too. Here's Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB,
to explain.

RALPH: In Portland, Oregon, the radio DJ known as Ashley Z Elzinga has 
some company in the studio: herself. The station, "Live 95.5" KBFF has 
begun using an artificial version of her voice to produce segments, using 
Futuri Media's RadioGPT during midday programming. Ashley Z is a 
syndicated talent heard on a number of other stations, including ones in 
Michigan and Seattle. The Oregon station is calling her "AI Ashley" and 
it even quotes her in the station's press release expressing her 
commitment to being the world's first AI DJ.

Meanwhile, students at the University of Florida have used RadioGPT to 
create an AI personality they have named "Q." Q is featured on the 
College of Journalism and Communications audio research and development 
platform, GHQ. According to a report in RadioWorld, RadioGPT generates 
scripts about relevant topics by scanning online content and social media 
and then voices the script using AI.

It does leave us wondering, however: How long before something called 
HamGPT is developed and learns to scan the solar reports, the propagation 
maps, the DX clusters and even our personal details on QRZ.com, handing 
out "5 9" and "7 3?"

Perhaps for that answer - for now - we'll have to Google it.

This is Ralph Squillace, KK6ITB.

(RADIOWORLD, RADIOINSIGHT.COM)

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DO YOU HAIKU? ROGER ROGER!

STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We hope our listeners have been enjoying the Amateur 
Radio Newsline haiku challenge. We certainly have! In the spirit of fun 
and perhaps a little bit of literary adventure, we've been inviting 
listeners to channel their most creative selves and share the joy of ham 
radio in the form of a haiku. On our website, arnewsline.org, you will 
find a submission form for sending your most poetic offering. To qualify, 
you need to follow traditional haiku form: The first line is five 
syllables, the second line is seven syllables and the finishing third 
line has another five syllables. We cannot accept any other formats.

Our team will pick from the best submissions that follow the 5/7/5 
syllable rule and represent the love of amateur radio. Your prize? For 
now, bragging rights -- and a featured spot for your haiku on the Amateur 
Radio Newsline website. We may have a surprise for you at the end of the 
year, however. So visit our website at arnewsline.org and take a look at 
this week's winning ham radio haiku.

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be interested in? We are not talking about advertising your club's 
upcoming hamfest or field day participation, but something that is out of 
the ordinary. If so, send us a brief overview via the contact page at 
arnewsline.org. If it's newsworthy and we would like to cover it, we'll 
get back to you for more details.

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With thanks to Amateur Radio Daily; AMSAT News Service; ARRL; CQ 
Magazine; David Behar K7DB; DX-World.net; FCC; 425DXNews; ETVBHARAT.com 
QRZ.COM; RadioInsight.com; Shortwave Listening Post; shortwaveradio.de; 
Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners, that's all from 
the Amateur Radio Newsline.

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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York, 
and our news team worldwide, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB, in Wadsworth,
Ohio, saying 73. As always we thank you for listening. 

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