“News” accounts tied to betting markets are filling a demand for breaking news on X with false, misleading and unattributed claims. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. Read more: www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

So...Grok is editing Grok to make Grokipedia Until recently, Grok was the "editor" of Grokipedia, but most of the edits were submitted by users. Now, most of the proposed edits are initiated by Grok. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social at @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/g...

Today at #datajconf: we talked about what we've learned about pedagogy in the process of running datajournalismteachers.club. Focused on grounding data journalism in tools *and* humanities, teaching with a learner-centered rather than a "banking" model, and how we learn in community. Join the club!

Can AI tools fact-check images? The Tow Center tested 10 images, asking AI tools to: 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 and identify its 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, and 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. Results were...well, there's a lot of red on this chart. Read the research here: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

The latest from the Tow Center: We interviewed news and tech industry representatives about AI’s impact on platforms and publishers. They expressed some hope and a lot of trepidation. @klaudia.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

A New Report Takes On the Future of News and Search

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism interviewed news and tech industry representatives about AI’s impact on platforms and publishers. They expressed some hope and a lot of trepidation.

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🔍 AI Search Engines: popular, but potentially problematic. A new study from the @towcenter.bsky.social reveals the hidden pitfalls in AI-powered search, like misattribution, misinformation and missing citations: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling t...

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“AI search” has a citation problem. Latest from @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

Using AI search tools for research? Tow Center asked 8 AI search tools to find the source of excerpts from news articles (something Google search does pretty well). They often cited the wrong sources with confidence. Find @aisvarya17.bsky.social at #NICAR25 to hear more. 🧵Thread w/ findings below👇

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We found that: 1️⃣ Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead.

Are you using Generative AI tools as your search engine? @towcenter.bsky.social ran a test to see how often they cite news articles correctly given direct quotes from them. Results are troubling. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w... Great work by @aisvarya17.bsky.social and @klaudia.bsky.social

Hello #NICAR25! Are you an educator who is bringing students to NICAR? Sign them up for the NICAR Scavenger Hunt! nicarscavengerhunt.com Students interview working journalists about things they’re learning in your class and you get new example stories related to your course content. Yay!

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The NICAR25 Scavenger Hunt. Brought to you by the Data Journalism Teachers' Club.

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