"Project Panama". The quest to ‘destructively scan’ all the world’s books - AI companies wanted to train their language models on books. But they didn’t want to pay. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

The quest to ‘destructively scan’ all the world’s books - The Washington Post

AI companies wanted to train their language models on books. But they didn’t want to pay.

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IEEE Standard for Ethical Considerations in Emulated Empathy in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/105...

Why AI literacy is a democratic capacity ohmybox.info/why-ai-liter...

Why AI literacy is a democratic capacity

I was recently told that AI literacy is a problem rather than a solution, that it distracts education from its democratic purposes and amounts to a ...

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Aujourd'hui, en partenariat avec la cellule investigation de Radio France, nous révélons que France Travail développe un outil de profilage algorithmique à des fins de contrôle. Cet outil vise à sélectionner automatiquement les personnes à contrôler. www.laquadrature.net/2026/07/20/f...

MEPs and their assistants are increasingly turning to AI to draft speeches, parliamentary questions and even amendments. Now the European Parliament is seeking to bring that use under control with an officially sanctioned platform of its own.

The European Parliament’s answer to its AI worries: More AI

The institution is opening its doors to models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral as it tries to bring lawmakers’ growing use of the technology under control.

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Ingérence, désinformation et articles commandés : des documents confidentiels révèlent comment la #Russie a infiltré les médias africains et diffusé des centaines d'articles de propagande dans leurs colonnes, parfois à leur insu ➡️ https://go.france24.com/TTA3

A human wrote this – believe me From metadata to AI detectors, several organisations are aiming to provide evidence of whether a piece of content was AI-generated. It’s not an easy task reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/human-w...

A human wrote this – believe me

From metadata to AI detectors, several organisations are aiming to provide evidence of whether a piece of content was AI-generated. It’s not an easy task.

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Mathematics of Data Science — This arXiv submission offers a rigorous look at the mathematical foundations that underpin modern data science, moving beyond high-level abstractions to examine the core theoretical mechanics. The authors systematically break down the… https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.11938

“What makes ELIZA particularly fascinating is not only its historical significance but also what it reveals about Weizenbaum’s views on both computing and human interaction.”

Inside ELIZA’s Source Code and Its Multiple Personalities

Uncovering ELIZA’s source code reveals hidden lessons

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The @ec.europa.eu accepts X's measures to terminate breaches of the DSA The plan, which needs implementation monitoring, includes many points One is particularly important for research: 🎯Provide eligible researchers with access to data free-of-charge digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

Accountability in name only: Fact-checking under the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/acco...

Accountability in name only: Fact-checking under the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation | HKS Misinformation Review

Major platforms constantly claim to fight disinformation and support the fact checking community, but their transparency reports and the empirical evidence from a survey of expert fact checkers across...

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Welcome to the era of AI slop on social media! 41% of long posts on LinkedIn were flagged for AI, 31% on Medium, and 29% on X/Twitter. I think people will be looking more and more for authentic, original voices on social media.

🧵 How Meta boosts climate disinformation: on Instagram, the Daily Mirror posted a story about a new platform from the IKEA foundation that supports the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Let's look at the comments. @caadcoalition.bsky.social

A few weeks ago I was invited by MediaAnimation & CSEM (Belgium) @edmo-belux.bsky.social to speak on AI myths, hype & journalism: "Narratives on AI" belux.edmo.eu/narratives-o...

Narratives on AI - EDMO Belux

Narratives on AI

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This paper argues that disinformation stems not merely from social media, but from political elites who lie strategically to seize attention and mobilise voters, and from journalists whose cosy ties to power fail to hold them to account. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Europe’s top court has dismissed Google’s appeal against a €4.1 billion Android antitrust fine, handing the European Commission a major victory in one of its longest-running antitrust battles with Big Tech.

Top EU court upholds Google Android fine in landmark antitrust case

The judgment strengthens Brussels’ hand as it increasingly relies on new digital competition rules to police Big Tech.

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Should non-experts in computer science, such as journalists and fact-checkers, learn prompt engineering? Here are some food for thought on the topic. Strategic Simplicity Gets the Most: Evaluating Prompting Techniques in Non-Expert AI-Assisted Fact-Checking www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Strategic Simplicity Gets the Most: Evaluating Prompting Techniques in Non-Expert AI-Assisted Fact-Checking

Despite the well-known risks of bias, inaccuracy, and hallucination, large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used by journalists and fact-checkers. However, the potential of prompting strateg...

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So apparently KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. www.ft.com/content/b382...

KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI

Bogus case studies on UBS and transit systems exaggerated adoption of the technology

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Fake Plastic Voters: When Political Parties Can Use AI-Simulated Focus Groups doi.org/10.13140/RG....

(PDF) Fake Plastic Voters: When Political Parties Can Use AI-Simulated Focus Groups

PDF | Political parties strive to understand their electorates, and focus groups are a vital tool in these efforts. AI-enhanced simulation technologies... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Agentic AI Optimisation (AAIO): What It Is, How It Works, Why It Matters, and How to Deal with It link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Study reveals: “authoritarians don’t need to staff their regimes with ideological true believers, offer extreme enticements or impose draconian punishments in order to make successful power grabs.” Instead, they “need to figure out how to target their ideal labor pool: the frustrated and mediocre.”

Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.

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Situating virtue ethics and consequentialism in European AI guidelines for journalism: grounded in moral pluralism, our paper analyses 65 texts to examine how these ethical traditions interact with duty-based approaches in practice. It has just been accepted for a special issue in Ethical Space. 🎉

Can anyone name one common natural language process that GenAI has not turned to shit, either by reducing quality/originality, introducing critical errors, or overwhelming/breaking with volume? Honestly I’m struggling to come up with even one example. Can it really be a disaster in every case?

Thankful Thinker@thankfulthinker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"AI has Tinderized hiring. Workers are applying to hundreds of positions & never hearing back; companies are receiving thousands of resumes & struggling to respond. More than that, AI has Amazoned hiring. It has scrubbed the uniqueness out of applications..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Our latest edition of Journalism Today features stories on an expansion of the alliance of publishers combating AI misuse, YouTube overtaking Netflix viewing rates globally and Cuban journalism in exile. Click to read, share and subscribe 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/allian...

Alliance of publishers to combat AI misuse expands

Plus: YouTube overtakes Netflix viewing rates globally | Cuban journalism in exile | Corporate takeover of EU media events Journalism Today. 4 June 2026 Research | Reporting | Fellowships | Leadership...

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Incredible story. bsky.app/profile/404m...

404 Media@404media.co · 2mo ago

NEW: Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account.

In our next EDMO BELUX Lunch Lecture webinar Stephan Lewandowsky will present his perspectives on the problematic relationship between the Internet, especially the engagement-based business model of social media platforms, and democracy. Join us on 29 June! Register here: buff.ly/dKRlcPC

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Ethical guidelines on the use of AI in journalism emphasise the importance of transparency and human oversight to mitigate potential risks to information quality. However, concerns fade when it comes to 'vibe coding', with quality no longer seen as relevant. newsmachines.beehiiv.com/p/how-a-smal...

How a small AI lab in Norway built a vibe-coding ladder for non-coding journalists

Polaris Media Vest gave reporters who can’t code a way to build interactive tools for readers — and a clear line between the throwaway widget and the service worth maintaining.

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20 Myths and Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence in Journalism www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-myt...

20 Myths and Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence in Journalism

20 Myths and Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence in Journalism Technology has transformed journalism by improving speed, efficiency, accuracy, and communication in news production. The rise o...

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A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge.

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names

Online academic journals falsely attributed articles, likely written by AI, to several professors, who say the fiasco is a warning about the future of scientific knowledge.

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Color, with all its attendant theories, is one of the most basic components of art-making. Color charts are behind it all.

The Delightfully Saturated History of Color Charts

Three tomes give new meaning to “full color” by chronicling the visual history of color charts, swatches, palettes, and more.

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