Tag: Journalism

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Half Stack Data Science: Programming with AI, with Simon Willison

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/1/half-stack-data-science/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Half Stack Data Science: Programming with AI, with Simon Willison Feedly Summary: Half Stack Data Science: Programming with AI, with Simon Willison I participated in this wide-ranging 50 minute conversation with David Asboth and Shaun McGirr. Topics we covered included applications of LLMs to data journalism, the…

  • Slashdot: Bloomberg’s AI-Generated News Summaries Had At Least 36 Errors Since January

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/30/1946224/bloombergs-ai-generated-news-summaries-had-at-least-36-errors-since-january?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Bloomberg’s AI-Generated News Summaries Had At Least 36 Errors Since January Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Bloomberg’s experimentation with AI-generated summaries for journalism, highlighting both the potential benefits and challenges faced by the implementation of such technology. This case illustrates the growing trend…

  • Slashdot: Italian Newspaper Says It Has Published World’s First AI-Generated Edition

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/18/2231255/italian-newspaper-says-it-has-published-worlds-first-ai-generated-edition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Italian Newspaper Says It Has Published World’s First AI-Generated Edition Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the innovative publication of an entirely AI-generated edition of the Italian newspaper Il Foglio, showcasing the potential implications of AI in journalism. This move highlights both the strengths…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/14/propublica-ai/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations Feedly Summary: How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations Charles Ornstein describes how ProPublic used an LLM to help analyze data for their recent story A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the…

  • Hacker News: How ProPublica Uses AI in Its Investigations

    Source URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting Source: Hacker News Title: How ProPublica Uses AI in Its Investigations Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the innovative use of AI by ProPublica for investigative journalism, specifically in analyzing grants flagged for “woke” themes. It illustrates how AI can enhance data analysis while emphasizing the…