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Here’s where I and my PolitiFact teammates are fact-checking the final night of the Democratic convention in Chicago. politifact.com/article/2024/a…

Fake ads using Irish politicians have become more sophisticated. A manipulated video of Mary Lou McDonald currently available on Facebook features her promoting some financial investment scheme. The video also includes fake RTÉ footage. Probably made using AI

Kamala Harris took her Mexican cousin to see a Bad Religion show in 2001 efe.com/mundo/2024-08-…

Join the The Associated Press on Thursday, Sept 12 at 1PM EDT on AI and down-ballot elections. AP's Ali Swenson & Dan Merica will explore how AI is reshaping the political landscape locally and Beatrice Dupuy will share some common tells of G-AI content. Register: eventbrite.com/e/how-ai-is-re…

Media literacy needs to be a required class in schools. A baffling amount of people think this is real.

Another weakness in relying on non-fact-checkers for fact-checking: Many assume intent behind the posts they are attempting to check. And it’s always the intent that confirms their worldview.

Doom-and-gloom narratives in the journalism industry that cherry pick stories of vulture capitalists, job loss and print closures are incomplete or out of date, painting an inaccurate picture of a news and information ecosystem on life support. poynter.org/onpoynt-report/

Excited to be part of today's roundtable on the future of news, hosted by Poynter, for the #OnPoyntReport 2024 launch! I'll be sharing thoughts on AI's role in shaping journalism’s future with an incredible panel of experts. Join us live at 11 AM EST—poynter.org/onpoynt-report/

Thrilled to be improving misinformation resilience on a platform where more and more people go for their news!

Some things I’ve learned about media and trust, shared in this Poynter roundtable. URL Media Epicenter NYC poynter.org/reporting-edit…

New publication out! Now that there is so much concern about the social effects of centralized networks (Facebook, X...), in this chapter we explore the opportunities and limitations of decentralised networks (Mastodon...) for overcoming these problems. ➡️link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Checking out ESPN's new AI summaries. Honestly not bad. But, as expected, they cannot provide context outside of the specific game. What does it mean for the Philly Waterdogs' season now that they lost this game? Not sure I like the verb "edged." But a human editor let that go.