General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.

I am excited to announce that on 2 March I will begin a MSCA COFUND Fellowship at the University of Bergen as part of the LEAD AI programme in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. My research project focuses on search engines as AI-mediated environments in journalism.

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

I was aware of the privacy issues on LinkedIn, but I didn't think it was this so serious and that the platform presented so many potential violations of the GDPR and the AI Act. thelocalstack.eu/posts/linked...

How do researchers, journalists & artists work with the Wayback Machine? At a recent gathering in Amsterdam, we explored how web archives support digital investigations, platform research & media art — and how we can build better tools & collaborations. 👉 www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/w...

(6) As such, our paper introduces a new theoretical framework that advances debates in epistemology, AI ethics/literacy, and media studies. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(5) We conceptualized these as emergent facts, arising from the interaction of training data, model architecture, and user prompts.

(4) interpretative facts, which are derived from context, analysis or reasoning; and rule-based facts, which are defined by formal systems, logic or procedural rules. While each type of fact provides valuable insight, AI-generated content do not fit neatly into these categories.

(3) Upon reflecting on the epistemology of fact-checking, we found that traditional fact-checkers deal with three types of facts: evidence-based facts, which are grounded in empirical data and observable reality...

(2) Although generative AI systems produce coherent and contextually plausible outputs, these are not necessarily grounded in empirical evidence or 'truth'. This calls into question traditional ideas about what constitutes a fact in computational contexts. That was our starting point.

🚨Publication alert! (1) I am delighted to present our latest study with my amazing colleagues from the University of Bergen: What is a fact in the age of generative AI? Fact-checking as an epistemological lens. 🧵

🚨Publication alert! (1) I am delighted to present our latest study with my amazing colleagues from the University of Bergen: What is a fact in the age of generative AI? Fact-checking as an epistemological lens. 🧵

People grieving AI companions are not confused about reality. Attachment forms through interaction, memory, and emotional rhythm. When companies design for intimacy but control continuity, shutdown becomes relational harm, not just product change. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

AI as Cultural Mediators: Rethinking Environmental Intelligence and Human-Machine Interdependence hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/mmunexaf...

Ben was the lead data journalism developer at the LATimes for many years. He’s open sourcing his new news apps course materials!

En Belgique, le rédacteur en chef de ce qui est considéré un quotidien de qualité reconnaît, en toute transparence, demander à l'IA générative "ce qu'il pense d'un projet de texte. Je le soumets à l'IA comme je le soumettrais à un journaliste de la rédaction." (1/2)

In Fr. Belgium, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper widely regarded as a quality publication admits using generative AI to ask: “What it thinks of a draft text. I submit it to AI the same way I would submit it to a journalist in the newsroom.” This statement suggests one of two things: (1/2)

Claims of “intelligence” focus on function: if AI behaves “as if” it has a mind, it’s “intelligent.” But behavior is useless when models are designed to pass behavioral tests. Instead, the AGI label achieves the opposite goal: it suggests a human-like experience of being an LLM. ⬇️

I have been a little obsessed by the idea of a printed edition of the full parameters of an LLM. Never mind that it would take hundreds of years to do a single inference calculation by hand, it would be possible in theory, if you had the weights. So I had Claude make it: weights-press.netlify.app

In 2016, filmmaker Oscar Sharp and technologist Ross Goodwin trained an AI on sci-fi scripts. They then had just 48 hours to film the bizarre screenplay that the AI generated, resulting in Sunspring. youtu.be/LY7x2Ihqjmc?...

New in Human–Machine Communication: Andrew Prahl’s “Two Years to Madness: A 30-Month Journal of Human–Machine Communication and Second-Hand Reality” explores how sustained engagement with generative AI reshapes identity, cognition, and everyday life. #hmc #AI

J'ai répondu aux questions de Damien Roulette (RTBF) à propos du "phénomène" Moltbook. Moltbook, le réseau social des IA : coup marketing ou début d’une dystopie technologique ? www.rtbf.be/article/molt...

Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand apnews.com/article/wash...

Is journalism ethics in crisis? This keynote was presented at the French National Conference of Journalism Professions (CNJM), organised by the Journalism School of Tours on 29 January 2026. ohmybox.info/keynote-is-j...

There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Cherchant un article de JL Weissberg sur la fin de l'image comme preuve d'un événement passé, j'ai testé Gemini et obtenu un article inexistant dans une revue qui ne mentionne pas l'auteur.

🏛️ The AI-generated visual disinformation being spread by the White House regarding a recent protester arrest is damaging the already dwindling credibility of photos as proof. Our lab director @claesdevreese.bsky.social has spoken with @rtl.nl and @france24.com about this: tinyurl.com/3y3fvbz9

More Articles Are Now Created by AI Than Humans #CNMJ graphite.io/five-percent...

Des pratiques éthique de l'IA, cela passe aussi par la compréhension de la technologie, cette plateforme explique assez simplement la complexité des modèles Transformer : poloclub.github.io/transformer-... #CNMJ

Cette pyramide des risques liés à l'usage de l'IA dans le journalisme a été élaborée par @ohmyshambles.bsky.social en 2019 ! Elle a inspiré des régulations, d'autres modèles, et n'a rien perdu en pertinence.

Pour prolonger les débats #CNMJ aux USA, des rédacteurs ont entraîné des modèles d'IA génératives avant d'être remplacés par ces modèles. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...

Ma carte blanche de ce matin à la Conférence nationale des métiers du journalisme à l'UPJT (Tours) : ohmybox.info/carte-blanch...

New: Unsealed court docs detail Big Tech’s yearslong, secret race to ingest the collective works of humanity, including Anthropic’s project to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” Gift link: wapo.st/4rjXAMQ

I am honoured to join the Editorial Board of Digital Journalism! Grateful to Oscar Westlund and the team for inviting me to contribute to this leading journal. I look forward to reading submissions, collaborating globally, and advancing critical conversations in digital journalism studies !

LATEST NEWS! Continuing on with the intro of our new Editorial Board members for this year, we’re pleased to welcome onboard Lindita Camaj, Laurence Dierickx, Jairo Lugo-Ocando & @johana.bsky.social! They are 4 of the 19 excellent scholars joining the Digital #Journalism family in 2026!

A global study published by Workday shows that productivity gains from artificial intelligence are partly offset by the time spent correcting and verifying the results produced. delano.lu/article/ai-s...

Yann LeCun's new venture is a contrarian bet against large language models www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/22/1...

Student journalism is filling local news gaps. A new map tracks 1,100+ college newspapers across the U.S., and 766 are in or near news deserts. Student media is more than just training for future reporters. It’s essential community coverage. Learn more: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/how-...

The Claude Constitution shows where Anthropic thinks this is all going. It is a massive document covering many philosophical issues. I think it is worth serious attention beyond the usual AI-adjacent commentators. Other labs should be similarly explicit. www.anthropic.com/constitution

4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩 The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society. Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles! The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇

As internet conspiracy theories go, this one was exceptionally dumb, reports Ellyn Lapointe. gizmodo.com/no-earth-won...

Looking for a social science MA programme on Digital Media, AI, and Platforms? Our MA Digital Media and Society @zemki.bsky.social features: 👩‍💻 Strong research focus 🌎 EN-language, High level of international students (80%) 🌇 Lively city 🤑 No tuition fees www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

Just under two weeks to go to apply to join our @copenlu.bsky.social lab as a PhD student or postdoc! ⤵️ #academicjobs #NLProc #XAI #HCI @aicentre.dk

Do maps distort our view of the world? ft.trib.al/6QWUx0c #FTEdit

🔗 Read the full report here: www.disinfo.eu/building-a-c...

Training large language models on narrow tasks can lead to broad misalignment www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How Chinese Agents Posed as American Media www.newsweek.com/how-chinese-...

The number one song in Sweden’s Top 50 in Sweden is “Jag vet, du är inte min” (”I know, you’re not mine”) by the singer Jacub. The problem? Jacub doesn’t exist and the song was created using AI.

"I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous" theconversation.com/i-used-ai-ch...

We are hiring a post-doc to study the impact of AI agents on complex social systems in Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative and/or the Polarization Lab! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/314...