AI is one of the most-hyped technologies of our time.

But in a California community center for Vietnamese immigrants, no one knew about it.

That means no one knew how to look for it. Lam Thuy Vo is changing this. NEW story with CalMatters: themarkup.org/languages-of-m…

We’re pleased to welcome Henry Chu as the Nieman Foundation's new deputy curator. A 2015 Nieman Fellow and Harvard University graduate, he served as Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi and London and has reported from more than 30 countries. nieman.harvard.edu/news/2024/04/h…

Absolutely wild story. A Baltimore County principal was seemingly caught on recorded audio making blatantly racist and anti-Semitic comments.

After investigation... the audio was fake. AI-generated, in a plot by the school's former athletic director. thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…

TSMC makes the world’s most advanced chips in Taiwan. Geopolitical shifts are pushing it to set up a new factory in the American desert.

It needs to bring its cutting-edge tech but also a notoriously harsh, military-style work culture to the U.S. 🧵
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A new report from Mozilla CheckFirst found gaps in the ad libraries of the world’s largest social media platforms.

The shortcomings could hinder political ad tracking during a historic global election year. niemanlab.org/2024/04/a-new-…

Newsweek is the latest outlet to publish AI-assisted stories. The newsroom is already using AI for video production, first drafts, and a new breaking news team.

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Instagram boosts Modi AI image ads ahead of elections, raising questions on AI disclosure

An Al Jazeera English review found Instagram boosted 50 political ads with AI images of Modi without sufficient disclosures, showing gaps in the enforcement of its AI policies…

The Copyright Office just awarded 'compilation' copyright to a novel written with ChatGPT. I went behind-the-scenes in what may be the new blueprint for AI-heavy works getting registered: wired.com/story/the-us-c…

I'm VERY excited to launch a new project today! Rest of World's AI Elections Tracker will track incidents of AI being used around elections globally - for campaigning, misinformation, and memes. Check out our entries so far - restofworld.org/2024/elections…

One of the best pieces we've ever published at Reuters Institute. A very through analysis of a few popular AI detection tools by shirin anlen and Raquel Vazquez Llorente. Are they really fit for purpose? How should newsrooms use them? Absolute must read reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/spotting-…

I'm so thrilled to announce the launch of The AI Spotlight Series, a program I designed with the Pulitzer Center to train 1,000 journalists on AI reporting over the next two years. All trainings will be FREE & mostly virtual. Register now to join us! pulitzercenter.org/focus-areas/in…

How are local news outlets across the U.S. covering, and capitalizing on, the total solar eclipse?

The answers include Spotify playlists, at least 2 walkouts, and everything in between -

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DO NOT miss the extremely fun design by the brilliant Joshua Benton !

New by me —>

America might have a new journalism school soon!

Run by the...Epoch Times? /needlescratch

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Since Oct. 7, more than 95 reporters have been killed in Gaza according to Committee to Protect Journalists.

That is more journalist fatalities in a conflict zone in 6 months than have occurred in 1 year worldwide since CPJ started keeping the data in 1992.
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A new parody game is taking aim at bias in The New York Times’ coverage of Gaza. The simulator by Paolo Pedercini 🥶 often uses real headlines published over the past year. More here: niemanlab.org/2024/04/a-new-…

New beat for journalists: factchecking the government services chatbots. thecity.nyc/2024/03/29/ai-…

as US states pass age-verification laws for websites with adult content, I've wondered how they might be abused to restrict access to LGBTQ+ voices online. Kansas might make this explicit, with a bill defining 'sexual conduct' to include 'homosexuality' 404media.co/kansas-age-ver…

Chevron owns the primary news site in the port city of Richmond, CA.

Many stories aren't told.

My latest investigation with ⁦Miranda Green⁩ of ⁦Floodlight⁩ npr.org/2024/03/28/123…

'There’s a sad tendency to see Arabic speakers as only the perpetrators of political violence, never the victims. In Meta’s case, that tendency ended up being written into moderation policy & operationalized at a massive scale.'

Smart from Russell Brandom restofworld.org/2024/exporter-…