Tag: Journalism

  • Slashdot: Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/0048216/sam-altman-says-bots-are-making-social-media-feel-fake?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Sam Altman’s observations on the prevalence of bots and AI-generated content on social media platforms, particularly regarding the OpenAI Codex. Altman expresses concern about the authenticity of social…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/13/screaming-in-the-cloud/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You Feedly Summary: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You I recorded this podcast conversation with Corey Quinn a few weeks ago: On this episode of Screaming in the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How OpenElections Uses LLMs

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/how-openelections-uses-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How OpenElections Uses LLMs Feedly Summary: How OpenElections Uses LLMs The OpenElections project collects detailed election data for the USA, all the way down to the precinct level. This is a surprisingly hard problem: while county and state-level results are widely available, precinct-level results are published in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Talking AI and jobs with Natasha Zouves for News Nation

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/30/ai-and-jobs-with-natasha-zouves/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Talking AI and jobs with Natasha Zouves for News Nation Feedly Summary: I was interviewed by News Nation’s Natasha Zouves about the very complicated topic of how we should think about AI in terms of threatening our jobs and careers. I previously talked with Natasha two years…

  • Slashdot: Apple Notifies New Victims of Spyware Attacks Across the World

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/30/2122233/apple-notifies-new-victims-of-spyware-attacks-across-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Notifies New Victims of Spyware Attacks Across the World Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple has alerted several individuals that their devices may have been targeted by government spyware, reinforcing the importance of mobile device security. This incident highlights the growing prevalence of spyware targeting…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/elliot-higgins/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Feedly Summary: We’ve been seeing if the latest versions of LLMs are any better at geolocating and chronolocating images, and they’ve improved dramatically since we last tested them in 2023. […] Before anyone worries about it taking our job, I see it more…

  • OpenAI : The Washington Post partners with OpenAI on search content

    Source URL: https://openai.com/global-affairs/the-washington-post-partners-with-openai Source: OpenAI Title: The Washington Post partners with OpenAI on search content Feedly Summary: The Washington Post is partnering with with OpenAI to integrate news into ChatGPT, providing users with summaries, quotes, and direct links to original reporting. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The partnership between The Washington Post and OpenAI…