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/PRNewswire/ -- Today, AppliedXL announced a new collaboration with Bloomberg to deliver all Bloomberg Terminal users with key insights to help them get ahead...

Communication Prof. Nick Diakopoulos grew up in a family of journalists. His father spent years working at The Providence Journal in Rhode Island, and his older brother also shared industry experience. It seemed natural for him to follow in their footsteps, he said. “I was kind of primed to be interested in journalism,” Diakopoulos said....

To help journalists and news organizations understand potential use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has granted Northwestern University $1 million from its aligned commitment through Press Forward.

For decades the media industry has grappled with how to responsibly incorporate rapidly accelerating technology in the production of news. But since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, debate about balancing the promise with the threat of powerfu

Can a machine mimic a human trying to mimic a machine better than a human can? We built a bot to try and answer that question — one that could unlock real value, but also bring real challenges, to journalism.

Artificial intelligence was a major focus at this year’s Computation + Journalism Symposium, which offered a glimpse into AI experiments underway at journalism organizations around the globe, and a window into how they’re grappling with difficult questions of ethics, authorship and transparency.

When talking about polarization and misinformed publics, we often focus on the role of echo chambers and fake news. A new project argues this is the wrong …

Some of BU’s best and most interdisciplinary undergrads will show their semester’s work Tuesday night at the biannual Cross-College Challenge Expo.

The dual degree program in Journalism and Computer Science prepares students for robust opportunities in both fields, including designing and building platforms, algorithms and applications for journalism or pursuing research and development work in computer science related to journalism, natural language processing and the digital humanities.

In other words, the odds are pretty good — but its far from a lock.