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The Promises and Pitfalls of AI Tech in Broadcasting

By November 7, 2023Updates

Broadcasters are paying close attention to AI as it unleashes exciting new opportunities. AI’s capabilities are immense, but there are also significant concerns regarding copyright infringement, misrepresentation, and identity theft.

How can our industry harness the promise and power of AI while avoiding its pitfalls?

Forecast 2024’s The Promise and Pitfalls of AI Technology in Broadcasting brings together a panel of broadcast, legal, and technology professionals to explore the ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI tools and services by broadcasters and examine the potential influence of legal factors on the future application of AI.

Broadcasters are paying close attention to AI as it unleashes exciting new opportunities. AI’s capabilities are immense, but there are also significant concerns regarding copyright infringement, misrepresentation, and identity theft.

How can our industry harness the promise and power of AI while avoiding its pitfalls?

Forecast 2024’s The Promise and Pitfalls of AI Technology in Broadcasting brings together a panel of broadcast, legal, and technology professionals to explore the ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI tools and services by broadcasters and examine the potential influence of legal factors on the future application of AI.

Our Moderator

Dave “Chachi” Denes is president and co-founder of Benztown, a global leader in radio imaging, production, programming, podcasting, jingles, and voiceover services. Benztown was named to the exclusive Inc. 5000 for five consecutive years as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies.

Our Panelists

Caroline Beasley is CEO of Beasley Broadcast Group. She also serves as Chair of the BMI Board of Directors and is an FCC Diversity and Inclusion Committee member. In 2017, Ms. Beasley was honored by Radio Ink magazine as “Radio Executive of the Year.” She has been consistently ranked among the top five of the publication’s “40 Most Powerful People in Radio” list

Nick Locascio is co-founder and CEO of Booth AI, an image-generation platform for marketers and e-commerce brands. He holds an MEng and BS in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Michael Newman is Director of Transformation at Graham Media Group, wearing multiple hats and overseeing digital products, digital ad operations, and programmatic revenue to steering the company toward innovative avenues and future-ready technologies. Newman recently spent a lot of time leveraging AI to streamline workflows, not just within GMG but also setting the industry standard.

David Perry is a copyright attorney in Blank Rome, Philadelphia, concentrating his practice on intellectual property, including copyright counseling and strategic advice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and related anti-circumvention and infringement provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act

About Forecast 2024

Now in its 21st year, Forecast is broadcast media’s most prestigious leadership conference. Presented by Streamline Publishing’s Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink, and co-chaired by Catherine Badalamente of Graham Media Group and David Santrella of Salem Media Group, Forecast provides unprecedented opportunities for learning, networking, and conversation with our industry’s top leaders.

Forecast 2024 takes place at the Harvard Club in New York City on November 15, 2023, featuring presentations and panels by Register today!