TMI 11/01/2024 - OpenAI's Careless Whisper Puts Hallucinations Into Medical Records, Paraquat's Links to Parkinson's Have Become Undeniable, WaPo and LATimes' Endorsement Failures are Dangerous, more

OpenAI can't just rely on ChatGPT subscriptions to pay for everything, so they have other professional offerings, like their "Whisper" AI-powered transcription app. The problem is, like other AI Large Language Modeled apps, Whisper has an alarming amount of "hallucinations" - phrases or sentences it just randomly adds without regard to what it was actually supposed to be transcribing. When applied to medical transcription, or interlanguage interpretation, these too-frequent errors become hazardous. Then, we look at Paraquat (frequently marketed in the USA as Gramoxone) and the fact that despite being banned in many nations around the world - including the nation that MAKES the most of it - it is still used widely in the USA and Australia. Legal challenges are coming down the pike due to mounting evidence of Paraquat causing Parkinson's, despite the assurances of the manufacturers that there's no proof. Finally, we look at the Washington Post and LA Times' sudden reversal of planned endorsements of the Harris/Walz ticket. They wouldn't go so far as to endorse Trump, but clearly they are terrified of what he might do to them if he wins. All this and more on TMI for Friday, November 01, 2024 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!