Julia Angwin
@juliaangwin
Investigative journalist. Founder, @proof__news, @NYTOpinion writer. Founded @themarkup. Priors @ProPublica @WSJ. Author: Dragnet Nation, Stealing MySpace.
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How did Annie Gilbertson prove that tech giants were using scraped YouTube videos in their AI models? She breaks it down for me here in a new series on Proof News where we dissect how the news is made: youtube.com/watch?v=XZkOcj…
Great find by Jason Kint. Love that this Google expansion of online tracking was code named Narnia2 — given that it did actually transport every Internet user through a magical portal into a whole new level of surveillance.
So fun to talk about with Taylor Owen about how journalists can improve coverage of topics like AI 👇🏻
In the last 6 months, news organizations like Vox, the WSJ, and The Atlantic have signed content-licensing deals with #OpenAI. To Julia Angwin, this is a devil's bargain. Are journalists becoming content farmers for AI? Listen: tgam.ca/angwin
This platform is an unlikely role model for governance. But I think Hank Green makes a fair point in asking YouTube to (at the very least) emulate X by offering creators an opt-out of AI training. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JiMXb2…
"One of the things that upsets me the most about AI is the myth that it will spit out the answer. The idea that there’s just one answer is a fiction—and a dangerous fiction,” says tech journalist Julia Angwin on Machines Like Us Podcast. Check out the full video: tgam.ca/3YZCYhQ
I continue to be disappointed by the poor accuracy rates of AI. Our latest Proof News investigation shows the leading AI models were incorrect about one-third of the time when confronted with known misinformation about the presidential candidates. 👇🏻
Just announced: 3 amazing keynote speakers for C+J 👏🏽 Julia Angwin, Aaron Sankin, Alan Mislove. Join us Oct 25-27 in Boston at Northeastern. Registration live: idi.provost.northeastern.edu/event-director…