Emergency managers use AI to draft public alerts despite accuracy concerns
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Emergency managers are using generative AI to draft public alerts, and the tools can produce inaccurate content, according to Wired.
Laura Myers, director of the University of Alabama's Center for Advanced Public Safety, says a county emergency manager used an AI chatbot to create a graphic showing Hurricane Isaias threatening the Alabama coast, and the graphic was not meteorologically accurate.
Most emergency management agencies do not permit employees to use generative AI, the report says, though experts believe its use is already widespread.
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- Wired · AINewsEmergency managers' AI-drafted alerts raise accuracy concerns
AIEmergency managers are using generative AI to draft public alerts, but the tools can produce inaccurate content. Laura Myers, director of the University of Alabama's Center for Advanced Public Safety, said a county emergency manager used an AI chatbot to create a graphic of Hurricane Isaias threatening the Alabama coast, and it was not meteorologically accurate. Most emergency management agencies do not permit employees to use generative AI, though experts say its use is likely already widespread.
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