About 'AI Writing Headlines'

2025-07-17

Concluding This Experiment

After almost 3000 items of content and 2,5 years of operation I am concluding this experiment. ¢[more explanation here]|´¢

2024-01-31

Version 1.5

A major update to the prompt generation, text generation and image generation pipeline.

  • Improved and more believable prompts which are now all set in the year 2085 and offer a greater variety of topics, while avoiding cultural clichés.
  • Regarding text generation, the model was upgraded to the newest GPT4-Turbo (gpt-4-0125-preview) by OpenAI, implemented with function calling for reliable output parsing.
  • Image generation now happens through SDXL, an open source model by Stability AI. It runs on optimized settings and an improved prompting for a more realistic editorial look. Additionally, the output resolution was doubled to 1024px.
  • Finally, all outputs now show the image and text models that were utilized for their generation.

It's impressive how far we have come in just a year.

2023-03-28

Upgrade to GPT-4

Starting today, the text generation model employed will be GPT-4 by OpenAI.

2023-03-23

No Seriously, Why Build It?

I want to investigate how far we can automate content generation without getting into uncanny valley territory. Of course the content has to be mildly entertaining and visually appealing, so there is an interesting challenge regarding prompt design and its dynamic generation. Finally, since there is a bias in any AI system, I wanted to see how far this unlikely duo of AI models can make it without producing something offensive. So far they are doing better than I expected.

2023-03-22

But Why Build It?

As a creative technologist, my motivation to build a speculative news website that features AI-generated text and image content stems from the belief that we are on the cusp of a new era of media consumption. With advancements in machine learning and natural language processing, AI-generated content has the potential to provide consumers with a more personalized and engaging experience. By harnessing the power of AI, we can create news articles and multimedia content that are not only informative but also interactive and immersive. Additionally, AI-generated content can help reduce the cost of content production, enabling smaller publishers to compete with larger media organizations. Overall, I am excited about the potential of AI-generated content to revolutionize the way we consume news and information. (This paragraph was generated by ChatGPT).

2023-03-20

Who Is Behind This?

This site is built by Chris.

2023-03-19

How Does It Work?

This project is meant to be an experiment showcasing AI news generation and illustration. Text headlines are generated by OpenAI's GPT-3.5Turbo, which also powers ChatGPT. Based on the resulting headline, an image prompt is fed to Prompthero's Openjourney. Openjourney is a version of StableDiffusion finetuned on Midjourney outputs. After some prompt magic, the resulting outputs are what you see on the website – without any human intervention.

The site is now served as static HTML, making it fast, efficient, and easy to host anywhere.