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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025 Feedly Summary: I presented two sessions at the NICAR 2025 data journalism conference this year. The first was this one based on my review of LLMs in 2024, extended by several months to cover everything that’s happened…

  • Hacker News: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/hacked-health-firm-hcrg-demanded-journalist-take-down-data-breach-reporting-citing-uk-court-order/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hacked firm demanded journalist ‘take down’ breach reporting, citing UK court Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a conflict between independent cybersecurity journalism and legal actions taken by a U.K. healthcare provider, HCRG, following a ransomware attack. A U.S.-based journalist refuses to…