🎉 The #MassMediaFellowship 2026 application closes in 2 days! Apply now for a chance to use your scientific background to write stories for the general public in newsrooms across the country. #SciComm 🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D

The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.

NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...

I have started a public notebook for the C+J conference at the University of Miami today and tomorrow. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/51e...

What’s the Gen Z hand signal for “check please”? I imagine it’s a sort of phone tapping motion…

A smart explanation of "vibe coding," including how @jamditis.bsky.social used it to build a dashboard for volunteers in Springfield, NJ who were coordinating food assistance deliveries during the SNAP crisis and beyond generative-ai-newsroom.com/vibe-coding-...

🚨 Postdoc opening -- Come work with us at Northwestern! 🚨 This position is to work on evaluating LLMs for sociopolitical value expression: postdocs.northwestern.edu/announcement... -- Please share!

Vibe coding for newsrooms: generative-ai-newsroom.com/vibe-coding-...

Northwestern’s agreement to restore federal funding: www.northwestern.edu/president/do...

Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉 Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.

For over 50 years, @aaas.org places students and post docs studying science, engineering, mathematics and medicine in newsrooms across the country as #MassMediaFellows. Check out this video to learn more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYv... #SciComm #Fellowship

We mapped Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois with @evidentmedia.org. A federal judge will hold a hearing today (November 5th) on whether a temporary restraining order restricting crowd-control tactics in Illinois should be converted into a preliminary injunction. youtube.com/shorts/HKXEY...

10% of surveyed Dutch citizens told us they are likely to ask AI for election advice. They shouldn't! This is especially problematic as we know that the people who usually consult advice applications are undecided and are doing so right before casting their vote. algosoc.org/results/1-in...

First time in a Waymo last night in Atl. It got me home. Odd route, not the most direct. The acceleration felt … not human. Anxiety crossing roads after a stop or as erratic pedestrians and bikers nearby but the display helps… autonomous cars are here.

The full agenda of the Computation+Journalism Symposium is online! Join us in Miami for two days (December 11-12) of great talks, workshops, panels, and paper presentations: cplusj2025.com/agenda Register here: events.miami.edu/event/cplusj...

Nice dataset of Github repos from 300+ news orgs back to 2008: github.com/palewire/ope...

The Journalism Benchmark Cookbook, our attempt to create a framework for ecologically valid evals in journalism: generative-ai-newsroom.com/the-journali...

This morning there was a volunteer citizen patrol around the local high school in my neighborhood, vigilant for signs of ICE and ready to raise the alarm. It makes me sad that this is our country now, but also proud that people are rising to the occasion to help protect the local community.

📣 Attention science + tech journalists! Trying to keep up with the flood of research papers that come out every day? Attempting to track what research has already been covered by others, and what may benefit from deeper exploration? You are invited to participate in our research study! [1/3]

You need to see this: “The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

AI Accountability is a joint effort. Just look at how the legal, social, political, and media forums were networked in holding the Dutch SyRI system accountable. Full analysis here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/networked-...

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

How prevalent is machine generated text on Reddit? This report says it could be as high as 9% in some sub communities and some timeframes: arxiv.org/abs/2510.07226

The Block Club Chicago newsroom continues to report on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago. If you have footage of agent activity you filmed, please reach out via this website: blockclubchi.co/3IIYou4

California’s new AI law is a nice example of how you might go about legislating prospective AI accountability to prevent risks that are uncertain. www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/how-califo...

This is horrible. Another sledgehammer to immigration, academia, and innovation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

What can we learn from the news industry's missteps with GenAI? Clare Spencer recaps some of the most visible fails in the industry for GAIN: generative-ai-newsroom.com/the-news-ind...

What if all journalists from small (local) outlets really need from GenAI is help with some admin tasks? Read more about Stuart Duncan's research findings on the GAIN blog here: generative-ai-newsroom.com/administrati...

From today's opening keynote - @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social on the many ways, positive & negative, that AI can affect how journalists work #datajconf

Lord Elgin catching some serious (deserved) shade at the Acropolis.

There's an opening on the News Apps team at ProPublica! If you're a journalist who knows how to code and build things, apply below 👇👇 grnh.se/k5crh6ph6us

New on the GAIN blog today from @clarespencer.bsky.social . Local journalists are finding value in using GenAI tools to monitor public meetings and find important stories. More here: generative-ai-newsroom.com/how-genai-to...

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Ten days to submit a talk, panel, workshop, etc. Join us!

Would national guard be called to red states if there were mass protests there?

The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/ We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!

The media is a key player in supporting an accountable AI ecosystem, whether by closing information gaps or helping to establish norms around (un)acceptable AI behavior. www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/the-media-...

Yikes! "Nearly 1 in 5 people consider it acceptable to form a romantic relationship with an AI" blog.cip.org/p/translatin...

My all-purpose AI reform is banning computers from pretending they are human. Having names, saying "I," pretending to have feelings, representing what they emit as "advice," etc. That's where much of the mischief starts.

A focus on prevention rather than blame offers an alternative to classic conceptions of accountability. Read my primer on prospective accountability for governing AI systems here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/prospectiv...

Interesting piece by @zey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o... - “the only, way to be confident of something that one did not witness is to find a reputable source and verify. Ah, what’s a reputable source, you ask?” —> sounds like media literacy still useful, so not buying the dismissal.

It’s encouraging to see this call for evidence based AI policymaking www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... — it aligns well with the goals of the AI Accountability Review, which seeks to translate the latest research on AI accountability for policymakers: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/introducin...

The deadline to propose a session/workshop/panel/paper for the Computation + Journalism symposium cplusj2025.com is Sep. 7 cplusj2025.com/submissions/ If accepted, registration will be waived and we can offer a stipend to help with travel expenses. To submit: cplusj2025.com/submissions/

How we prompt AI systems is a fundamental part of their impact in the world, and so probably ought to have some responsibility assigned to it. Read more about a proposal for “reflexive prompt engineering” on the AI Accountability Review: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/reflexive-...

How do policymakers make complex sociotechnical AI systems accountable for their behavior? Read more in the AI Accountability Review here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/the-proble...

I read (most of) a newsletter this morning and saw at the bottom an AI disclosure and it all clicked in why it felt too long and wordy.

I'm launching a new publication geared towards translating research to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice for AI policymakers, practitioners, and fellow researchers. It's called the AI Accountability Review. Check it out and follow along: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/introducin...

Should we design a journalism-specific LLM benchmark? generative-ai-newsroom.com/benchmarking...

Considering sending an AI note taker to my next virtual faculty meeting www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"consider this a proof-of-concept of how a publisher could decide to connect its work to AI interfaces"