Tech companies are making AI the front door to the internet—and it's distorting news, language, and knowledge as we know it. For our first episode of REAL Resistance, @alixdunn.com spoke with @klaudia.bsky.social, @aliyabhatia.bsky.social, and Yanick Kemayou about how AI warps the world’s info.

The argument that we should be preparing students for this workforce - instead of, say, joining with students to organize against AI slop-infused workplaces - is just so ridiculous.

When AI becomes the primary filter for the world’s information, what happens to our news, language, and knowledge? I spoke with @klaudia.bsky.social, @aliyabhatia.bsky.social, and Yanick Kemayou for our first episode of REAL Resistance to find out. Listen to the conversation here:

Catch the first episode with @klaudia.bsky.social, @aliyabhatia.bsky.social, and Yanick Kemayou here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/real...

⚖️ Publishers that own and operate nearly 400 local and regional news outlets across the US sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement and removal of copyright management information from their works tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

It seems to me that a country in the manic throes of greatness starts compulsively building railroads which is how I know my country in some sort of nightmarish other thing

me at kickoff of every world cup game: oh this is nice to put on in the background, maybe the team with cool jerseys will win me 90 minutes later, literally every time:

love when I’m running late and the train is also late klaudia 🤝 nj transit

journalism is important, and it is accordingly important that the news is not controlled by billionaires.

Scott Pelley with @lulugn.bsky.social on being told the President had commented on his firing. (I’m not crying, you’re crying etc)

Fantastic @bcmerchant.bsky.social interview on @onthemedia.bsky.social by @micahloewinger.bsky.social, with a shout out to @timnitgebru.blacksky.app.

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

it's such a bummer that i have to care even the smallest amount what jeff bezos or musk or any of these guys think (not just for my job but bc their midlife crisis hobbies seem to be buying and destroying institutions)

While open-protocol tools show some promise in helping publishers take back control over how AI bots access and present their content, technical solutions alone cannot resolve what is a systemic problem. (w/ @aisvarya17.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

AI Agents are coming for news. Can publishers reclaim control? Read Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska of @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.

Tech companies say that LLMs work better if they remember things about you. But people may find themselves “insulated from the truth by the very tools they use to seek it.” @aisvarya17.bsky.social for Tow and @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/c...

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

AI companies - ‘helping’ journalism…. by borrowing authority without bothering to fix citation . Me in CJR www.cjr.org/tow_center/d...

In addition to trying to gain visibility and legitimacy from news organizations through partnerships, prediction markets like Polymarket are using a network of accounts to post about "news" on X. My colleague @cj-robinson.bsky.social did a deep-dive: www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

Dispatches from X: new story from me on how betting market affiliates are posting about news. Several viral posts were misleading, lacked credible sourcing, or were just wrong.

Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside

today I went on a run outside, in the sun, after work, at 6pm for the first time in months and I feel like a new woman

UK publishers are banding together to create standards for responsible AI—amid Anthropic’s stark reminders of its potential for harm. Read @emilybell.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/s...

News Corp signed a multi-year deal with Meta, allowing it to train on and retrieve its US and UK content tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

Major Korean broadcasters KBS, SBS, and MBC sued OpenAI for copyright infringement tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. @klaudia.bsky.social @aisvarya17.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway. Read @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Research suggests people who use AI tools to find news seem to prefer them over clicking on individual stories, despite being conscious of their limits when it comes to accuracy. @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I wrote about what publishers can learn from this www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

tbh it's such a bummer to publish research that's very specific and scoped and then see people referencing in a way that totally misrepresents it. idk if this is an AI issue or a reading comprehension issue or a facts don't matter anymore issue

Shout out to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social from @pressgazette.co.uk and @klaudia.bsky.social from @towcenter.bsky.social who are monitoring AI copyright cases. These were tremendously helpful in researching my latest article: generative-ai-newsroom.com/lawyers-warn...

Here's the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsH_...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Added more information about Microsoft's new Publisher Content Marketplace tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Updated the tracker to include OpenAI and Axios's partnership to expand Axios Local coverage to nine new communities tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...

I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...

Starting to think that we shouldn't allow the worst people in the world to have a hand in shaping technology

straight up Gestapo shit

On Feb. 19, the @towcenter.bsky.social will be hosting a panel exploring how AI-enabled search is transforming news distribution and discovery. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-search-...

pouring one out for the systems thinkers who can see the abyss and have to live with the darkness

Very interesting new work from my @towcenter.bsky.social colleagues - building on excellent @wired.com article on LLMs and breaking news. Who is making decisions on when to ‘turn on’ web search for chatbots and when not to? www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

When ChatGPT said that the US capture of Maduro didn't happen, Wired characterized it was "expected behavior." But @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I think AI platforms' failure to activate web search for a breaking news-related query is not expected, it's a product defect. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs. This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs. This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...