Hello World
I Used ChatGPT as a Reporting Assistant. It Didn’t Go Well
The AI tool ignored basic instructions about sourcing and citations. But it’s a pretty good newsroom coding partner.
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Blacklight
Blacklight Updated With New Tracking Info and Caching Options
Our privacy scanner can now return more up-to-date information
News
Whistleblowing While Black: How Truth-Telling Changes the Careers of Black Women in Tech
Black women whistleblowers not only jeopardize their professional prospects, experts say, but often face more intense backlash
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With AI, Anyone Can Be a Victim of Nonconsensual Porn. Can Laws Keep Up?
States around the country are scrambling to respond to the dramatic rise in deepfakes, a result of little regulation and easy-to-use apps
Hello World
Apocalypse Not
Why do tech people love talking about the end of the world?
Machine Learning
Teachers Are Using AI to Create New Worlds, Help Students with Homework, and Teach English
Around the world, these seven teachers are making AI work for them and their students
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What Happens When Your Art Is Used to Train AI
A conversation with web cartoonist Dorothy Gambrell on the curdled internet, labor, and how we became just numbers
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How Automated Content Moderation Works (Even When It Doesn’t)
Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms moderate billions of posts—here are some of their common techniques
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How We Investigated Shadowbanning on Instagram
We found that Instagram heavily demoted nongraphic images of war, deleted captions and hid comments without notification, suppressed hashtags, and limited users’ ability to appeal moderation decisions
Automated Censorship
Demoted, Deleted, and Denied: There’s More Than Just Shadowbanning on Instagram
An investigation by The Markup found that the platform demoted images of the Israel–Hamas war, deleted captions without warning, and denied users the option to appeal
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