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Global Investigative Journalism Network – Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content, Henk van Ess: “We’re approaching a point where the signal-to-noise ratio is getting close to one — meaning that as the pace of misinformation approaches that of factual information, it’s becoming nearly impossible to tell what’s real. This guide teaches journalists how to try …
Where’s Your Ed at – Ed Zitron: “In the last two years I’ve written no less than 500,000 words, with many of them dedicated to breaking both existent and previous myths about the state of technology and the tech industry itself. While I feel no resentment — I really enjoy writing, and feel privileged to …
Via Metafilter: “Fifteen Minutes of Fascism is a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right. Listen every Thursday for news, analysis, historical background, and celebrations of the deaths of right-wing figures throughout history.” “Since 2020, a PhD candidate, now Dr. Craig Johnson has been putting out Fifteen Minutes of Fascism, “a …
Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI. Michał Klincewicz, Tilburg University, Mark Alfano, Macquarie University, Amir Ebrahimi Fard, Independent Researcher “At least since Francis Bacon, the slogan “knowledge is power” has been used to capture the relationship between decision-making at a group level and information. We know that being able to shape the informational …
Bellingcat, Makepeace Sitlhou: “How does one monitor a conflict zone on the brink of civil war, especially in a region which is difficult to access, experiences frequent internet shutdowns and where misinformation is common? In this guide, we outline the open source tools and methods we can use to evidence what is really happening in …
Guardian: “News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the …
Newsguard – “In August 2025, the 10 leading AI chatbots repeated false information on controversial news topics identified in NewsGuard’s False Claims Fingerprints database at nearly double the rate compared to one year ago, a NewsGuard audit released this week found. On average, the audit determined, chatbots spread false claims when prompted with questions about …
Privacy Guides: “They all claim “Your privacy is important to us.” How can we know if that’s true? With privacy washing being normalized by big tech and startups alike, it becomes increasingly difficult to evaluate who we can trust with our personal data. Fortunately, there are red (and green) flags we can look for to …
The Verge: “…Wikipedia is the largest compendium of human knowledge ever assembled, with more than 7 million articles in its English version, the largest and most developed of 343 language projects. Started nearly 25 years ago, the site was long mocked as a byword for the unreliability of information on the internet, yet today it …
The New Yorker – no paywall: “…The focal point of the department was the checking library, which contained reference books such as Who’s Who in the People’s Republic of China, Debrett’s Peerage & Baronetage, and the Physicians’ Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines. (New checkers are advised that you can’t trust books—they tend not to be …
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Technology Providers and Financial Stability: Overview of Risks and Regulatory Frameworks By Gene Amromin, Rebecca Chmielewski, Patty Cowperthwait, Cindy Hull, Brett Solimine, Emma Weiss, Kenechukwu E. Anadu, Falk Bräuning, Siobhan Sanders, Amy Chapel, Meeoak Cho, Lorenzo Garza, and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. June 2025. “Technology-focused Third-Party Service Providers (TPSPs) have become …
There are eight new articles and seven new columns in the August 2025 Issue: The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health, Part 2 – This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one …
