Challenges With AI: Artistry, Copyrights and Fake News

The recent surge in interest in new AI applications in 2023 has been nothing short of extraordinary. From ChatGPT to a growing list of other new apps, our technology and business worlds are rapidly evolving before our eyes in many exciting ways. As a curious technologist, I am fascinated by these new trends, and I wrote this primer on the topic back in January: "ChatGPT: Hopes, Dreams, Cheating and Cybersecurity." I have received many questions about the use of ChatGPT to generate content, and this YouTube video addressed the question: "Is It Plagiarism to Use ChatGPT in Your Published Works?" But as an author, blogger and creator of original content, I have other concerns that are growing just as fast as the new technology is being deployed.