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"The AI that dominates our collective imagination differs significantly from the technology at our fingertips. For most of us, this imagined technology is based more on the fiction of the last decades than reality. Journalism’s task, then, should be to bridge that gap."

Companies are exploring how to adapt powerful new chatbot technology to negotiate with customer service—and to persuade humans to buy stuff.

"We should press for an honest debate, and journalists in particular shouldnt fall victim to the right’s often dishonest use of the free speech frame."

After finding itself embroiled in a lengthy saga over how its star podcaster Joe Rogan spread COVID-19 vaccine-related misinformation on his show earlier this year, Spotify has announced a new initiative that could help it in situations like these in the future. It has formed a Safety Advisory Council, with the aim of making better […]

"People use fact-checks to dunk on the other side, to cherry-pick information, and to counter-fact-check other fact-checks."

According to a new study sponsored by the University of Washington, machine learning—computer algorithms that develop themselves without direct programming by humans—can be used to enhance lightning forecasts.

(Photo : Philippe Donn) Monsoonal Moisture   The major concern early in the week will be thunderstorms with dry lightning as monsoonal moisture extends farther to the north and west. This has already been witnessed at times of the past week, with Los Angeles seeing measurable rain on Tuesday. For this time of year, that is an uncommon feat as Downtown Los Angeles only gets an average of 0.01 of an inch of rain for July. Across Southern California, few more showers and thunderstorms were roami...

Thanks America, Your Conspiracy Theories are Now Everywhere | Opinion Raphael Tsavkko Garcia , journalist On 2/4/21 at 5:00 AM EST Its not easy to leave the orbit of a superpower, or not to be influenced by it. In addition to cinema, TV, music and a whole history of closeness and foreign relations, the internet has brought new elements that help explain the export of conspiracy theories from the U.S. to other parts of the world—notably to Brazil and Latin America. QAnon, an...

Freedom of speech is enshrined in the German constitution. But there have been calls to put a lid on far-right political groups' ability to galvanize support on social media.

Toward a wehrhafte journalism “I hope that the past five years have taught journalists that their role is to contribute to democracy’s fortification and to defend it when necessary.” Journalists in the United States have mostly described efforts by Donald Trump and Republicans to fight the results of the 2020 presidential election as what it is: a large-scale, shamelessly anti-democratic disinformation campaign. Given journalists’ track record over the past five years, that could have ...