Tag: journalists
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		AlgorithmWatch: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services ActSource URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/civil-society-statement-on-meaningful-transparency-of-risk-assessments-under-the-digital-services-act/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act Feedly Summary: This joint statement is also available as PDF-File. Meaningful transparency of risk assessments and audits enables external stakeholders, including civil society organisations, researchers, journalists, and people impacted by systemic risks, to scrutinise the… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/7/project-verdad/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5 Feedly Summary: I’m starting a new interview series called Project. The idea is to interview people who are building interesting data projects and talk about what they’ve built, how they built it, and what they learned… 
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		Technologies | Sovereign Tech Agency: Reproducible BuildsSource URL: https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/reproducible-builds Source: Technologies | Sovereign Tech Agency Title: Reproducible Builds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Reproducible Builds project plays a crucial role in enhancing the security of open source software supply chains by addressing vulnerabilities that arise from third-party dependencies. It aims to establish reproducible builds as a standard… 
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		The Register: UK’s new Minister for Science and Technology comes to US touting Britain’s AI benefitsSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/peter_kyle_ai/ Source: The Register Title: UK’s new Minister for Science and Technology comes to US touting Britain’s AI benefits Feedly Summary: $82B in investment shows we’ve still got it as a nation Interview Peter Kyle, the UK’s new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, has been in America this week promoting… 
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		Hacker News: Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kidsSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/polish_radio_station_ai_hosts/ Source: Hacker News Title: Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the decision by Polish radio station OFF Radio Krakow to replace human on-air talent with AI hosts as part of an experiment. This move raises significant… 
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		AlgorithmWatch: Automation on the Move (Landingpage Preview)Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/automation-on-the-move-clone/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Automation on the Move (Landingpage Preview) Feedly Summary: Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees, and travelers. Too often, this is done without adequate democratic discussion or oversight. In addition, their use lacks transparency and justification… 
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		The Register: Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without payingSource URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/publishers_sue_perplexity_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying Feedly Summary: We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up Major US news publishers Dow Jones & Co and NYP Holdings have sued AI search engine startup Perplexity for scraping their content… 
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		Wired: Generative AI Hype Feels Inescapable. Tackle It Head On With EducationSource URL: https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-hype-ai-snake-oil/ Source: Wired Title: Generative AI Hype Feels Inescapable. Tackle It Head On With Education Feedly Summary: In their book AI Snake Oil, two Princeton researchers pinpoint the culprits of the AI hype cycle and advocate for a more critical, holistic understanding of artificial intelligence. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with…