Episode 123 - AI Description Part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI writing tools on communication and features Be My Eyes' partnership with OpenAI to assist the Blind community.

Love them or hate them, AI writing tools like ChatGPT have the potential to change the way we write, communicate, and learn. One group looking to harness the technology with, and for, the Blind community is Be My Eyes, an outfit which connects Blind and low-vision users with sighted volunteers through live video calls. Now, Be My Eyes has partnered with OpenAI to create Be My AI, a free app-based service that provides AI-generated descriptions of user photos. The tech is currently...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christine Malec, JJ Hunt

Topics covered

• AI writing tools
• Blind community
• photo descriptions
• technology
• communication
• accessibility

Keywords

• AI
• ChatGPT
• Be My Eyes
• OpenAI
• photo descriptions
• Blind community
• accessibility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Be My Eyes, OpenAI

Products: Be My AI

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