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  • 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: Again and Again, NSO Group’s Customers Keep Getting Their Spyware Operations Caught

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/28/1915238/again-and-again-nso-groups-customers-keep-getting-their-spyware-operations-caught Source: Slashdot Title: Again and Again, NSO Group’s Customers Keep Getting Their Spyware Operations Caught Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report by Amnesty International highlights ongoing cyber threats faced by journalists, particularly from the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The details emphasize the rising capability of security researchers to…

  • The Register: After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/google_kaspersky_mozilla/ Source: The Register Title: After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug Feedly Summary: Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability,…

  • Hacker News: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

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    Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate Source: Hacker News Title: A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French National Assembly’s rejection of a proposal to undermine end-to-end encryption marks a significant victory for digital rights and privacy. The legislation threatened to introduce backdoor access to messaging platforms,…

  • 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…