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LoĂŻc Riom
23 days ago
#STSCH2025
More info:
sts-ch.org/sts-ch-2025/...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
5 months ago
To wit:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Paul Waldman
5 months ago
Profoundly disturbing story about a California town taken over by far-right misinformation. Gives a real sense of how powerful the propaganda system they've built can be.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/t...
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How Misinformation and Partisan âNew Mediaâ Changed a California Town
Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, theyâre often not sure what information to trust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/news-misinformation-facebook-oakdale.html
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Milagros Miceli
5 months ago
One year ago, on
#LaborDay
, we launched Data Workers' Inquiry. The process was messy and uncertain, but driven by the need to do research differently. I wrote a reflection on what this first year taught us:
data-workers.org/about/how-to...
Thanks for reading and for supporting this work.
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alice e marwick
5 months ago
Thrilled to see this out in the wildâ a true labor of love đ thanks to the Working Group & all the activists and academics whose work we drew on.
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EmilyTav
5 months ago
This is an extension of the đ©belief that online courses could replace in person. Yes it can be helpful. No it canât replace in-person. Nothing â NOTHING â can replace direct human contact & relationships. This assertion stems from a belief that learning comes from the *consumption* of information.
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"Regeln fĂŒr Social Media": mit Namen & Foto auf der Titelseite von 20 Minuten đ± AusfĂŒhrliches Interview ist online und nun trudeln die ersten Kommentare ein Ă la "Nein, kein Staat, Nutzer sollen entscheiden". Dabei fordere ich ja genau mehr Nutzerrechte im Interview? đ€
www.20min.ch/story/emek-c...
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Adrienne Fichter
5 months ago
@annajobin.bsky.social
mit einem tollen Statement: "Digitale RĂ€ume sind Teil des Alltags vieler Menschen und verdienen denselben ethischen Schutz wie analoge Umgebungen."
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Ist schon eine Weile her, da ich weg war von Bluesky, aber ich war noch nie "Kopf der Woche", darum darf ich das noch nachreichen, oder?
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STS-CH
8 months ago
Deadline extended until February 16! đ€ș Submit your panel here:
express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
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Dave Karpf
8 months ago
I took a shot at decoding Peter Thielâs strange conspiratorial rankings for
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
. Short version: the tech billionaires are getting pumped to deploy the U.S. government to stop any *other* government regulating tech companies.
www.techpolicy.press/peter-thiel-...
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Peter Thiel Dreams of Empire | TechPolicy.Press
The likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have effectively seized control of the US government, writes Dave Karpf.
https://www.techpolicy.press/peter-thiel-dreams-of-empire/
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Und Christian Mensch hat in den CH-Media-Zeitungen einen Artikel zum Thema verfasst.
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
AusfĂŒhrliche Berichterstattung auch bei Watson.
www.watson.ch/digital/schw...
Und ein Interview bei Persönlich.
www.persoenlich.com/digital/regu...
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Die Eidgenössische Medienkommission empfiehlt, Plattformen stÀrker zu regulieren
Die Experten fordern eine umfassende Strategie zur Steuerung der Marktmacht und Einflussnahme von Plattformen auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung.
https://www.watson.ch/digital/schweiz/158606942-meta-tiktok-und-google-experten-empfehlen-strategie-zur-regulierung
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Rachel Coldicutt
8 months ago
The problem for me is that AI has become parlayed out of being "things computers can do that can be helpfully used to solve problems" into being a magical force that do everything, make everything better, replace everything, make all the money, and it's getting a bit embarrassing
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Inside IT
9 months ago
Die Eidgenössische Medienkommission hat ein Positionspapier zur Regulierung von Online-Plattformen vorgestellt.
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Emek fordert schÀrfere Regulierung von Online-Plattformen
Der Eidgenössischen Medienkommission geht die vom Bundesrat angestrebte Regulierung zu wenig weit. Sie fordert eine ganzheitliche Strategie fĂŒr den Umgang mit Plattformbetreibern.
https://www.inside-it.ch/emek-fordert-schaerfere-regulierung-von-online-plattformen-20250114
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Social Media Lab
9 months ago
AI is neither a source nor an author. It's a tool. Should universities ban, use, or cite Generative AI?
sociostrategy.com/2024/should-...
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Should universities ban, use, or cite Generative AI?
The International Association of Universities (IAU) has asked me to write a short perspective on Generative Artificial Intelligence, which I have been allowed to also post below. It has been publisâŠ
https://sociostrategy.com/2024/should-universities-ban-use-or-cite-generative-ai/
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Nicolas Zahn
9 months ago
Die
#EMEK
hat einen spannenden Bericht zur Markt- und Meinungsmacht von Plattformen veröffentlicht. Well done Dr. Anna Jobin und co. Der ganze Bericht hier:
www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und...
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Markt- und Meinungsmacht von Plattformen
Die Eidgenössische Medienkommission (EMEK) prĂ€sentiert ihre Ăberlegungen zur Markt- und Meinungsmacht von Kommunikationsplattformen und ihre Bedeutung fĂŒr die öffentliche Meinungsbildung.
https://www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und-meinungsmacht-von-plattformen
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Philip Di Salvo
9 months ago
Potere di mercato e di opinione delle piattaforme - Commissione federale dei media COFEM:
www.emek.admin.ch/it/potere-di...
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Potere di mercato e di opinione delle piattaforme
La Commissione federale dei media (COFEM) presenta il suo punto di vista sul potere di mercato e di opinione delle piattaforme di comunicazione e sulla loro importanza per la formazione dell'opinione ...
https://www.emek.admin.ch/it/potere-di-mercato-e-di-opinione-delle-piattaforme
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Sarah Genner
9 months ago
Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter Online-Plattformen prĂ€gen heute einen wesentlichen Teil der öffentlichen Debatte. Dies hat Folgen fĂŒr die Medienbranche, die öffentliche Meinungsbildung und die Demokratie. Zum Bericht der đšđ EMEK:
www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und...
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Markt- und Meinungsmacht von Plattformen
Die Eidgenössische Medienkommission (EMEK) prĂ€sentiert ihre Ăberlegungen zur Markt- und Meinungsmacht von Kommunikationsplattformen und ihre Bedeutung fĂŒr die öffentliche Meinungsbildung.
https://www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und-meinungsmacht-von-plattformen
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Angela Mueller
9 months ago
Grosse Technologiekonzerne vereinen Marktmacht + Meinungsmacht auf eine fĂŒr die Demokratie bedenkliche Weise. Die
#EMEK
schlĂ€gt eine ganzheitliche Strategie im Umgang mit dieser Machtkonzentration vor â um die Demokratie nachhaltig zu schĂŒtzen —ïž
@annajobin.bsky.social
@manuelpuppis.bsky.social
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Claes de Vreese
9 months ago
Google is testing the impact of removing journalism/ news from its search results with a live experiment in multiple countries. Danish ministers
@engelschmidt.bsky.social
&
@carolinestage.bsky.social
demand Google to stop the experiment which uses citizens as guinea pigs.
www.ft.dk/samling/2024...
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KUU, Alm.del - 2024-25 - Endeligt svar pÄ spÞrgsmÄl 78: Spm. om ministeren vil kommentere henvendelsen af 25/11-24 fra Danske Medier og DPCMO om Googles blokering af nyheder for visse danskere, herund...
KUU Alm.del - endeligt svar pÄ spÞrgsmÄl 78: KUU alm. del - svar pÄ spm. 78.docx
https://www.ft.dk/samling/20241/almdel/kuu/spm/78/svar/2103919/2964767/index.htm
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Andrea L. Guzman, PhD
9 months ago
Purposeful dissemination of disinformation & misinformation. This isnât about âpolitical biasâ in âfact-checking.â It is willfully spreading propaganda to their own ends.
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Dorothea Baur - the ethics crusader
9 months ago
Must read by
@ruchowdh.bsky.social
: "the integrity of the scientific process... is at stake. If we allow AI evaluations to masquerade as science without adhering to scientific principles, it erodes public trust in both the technology and in science more broadly"
biz.heraldcorp.com/article/1038...
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AI Evaluations need Scientific Rigor [Rumman Chowdhury]
I was first asked what my p(doom) was on a podcast in 2022. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, p(doom) is a question asked of artificial intelligence (AI) experts to estimate their probability (p) ...
https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/10388926
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Sylvain Métille
9 months ago
Les géants du numérique disposent d'un pouvoir de marché et d'un pouvoir sur l'opinion qui, combinés, les rendent dangereux pour la démocratie, prévient la Commission fédérale des médias (COFEM).
@annajobin.bsky.social
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Les plateformes numériques représentent une menace pour la démocratie suisse, selon des experts
Les géants du numérique disposent d'un pouvoir de marché et d'un pouvoir sur l'opinion qui, combinés, les rendent dangereux pour la démocratie, prévient une commission fédérale. Si la force d'influenc...
https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2025/article/plateformes-numeriques-une-menace-pour-la-democratie-suisse-selon-experts-28755054.html
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Fachleute empfehlen ganzheitliche Strategie fĂŒr Online-Plattformen
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/social-media...
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Social Media und Suchmaschinen: Einseitige Meinungsbildung: Fachleute empfehlen ganzheitliche Strategie fĂŒr Online-Plattformen
Die Medienkommission empfiehlt, die Regulierung von sozialen Medien und Suchplattformen mĂŒsse weiter gehen als das vom Bundesrat geplante Gesetz ĂŒber Kommunikationsplattformen.
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/social-media-fachleute-empfehlen-ganzheitliche-strategie-964108456405
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Interview zum EMEK-Plattformpapier auf Radio SRF:
www.srf.ch/audio/rendez...
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Fachleute raten Online-Plattformen ganzheitlich zu regeln
Online-Plattformen und soziale Netzwerke wie Tiktok, X oder Instagram haben einen grossen Einfluss auf den demokratischen Meinungsaustausch. Die Eidgenössische Medienkommission (Emek) rÀt in einem neu...
https://www.srf.ch/audio/rendez-vous/fachleute-raten-online-plattformen-ganzheitlich-zu-regeln?partId=bPaDlQWwEEFkiNN4ZxujpdzhwW8
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Klaus Bonanomi
9 months ago
Mehr dazu auch im TagesgesprĂ€ch mit Anna Jobin, s. hier đ
www.srf.ch/audio/tagesg...
und hier im Rendezvous mit Manuel Puppis đ
www.srf.ch/audio/rendez...
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Philipp Burkhardt
9 months ago
Die Marktmacht von Online-Plattformen wie Google, Facebook, Instagram, X, Tiktok oder Bluesky sind fĂŒr die Schweiz nicht nur ein ökonomisches, sondern auch ein "demokratisches Problem". Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Eidgenössische Medienkommission (EMEK) in einem neuen Bericht. (1/6)
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Und die zugehörigen Expertisen von
@natalihelberger.bsky.social
zu
#KI
und
@leonido.bsky.social
zu
#PublicOpenSpace
.
www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und...
www.emek.admin.ch/de/service-p...
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Bericht der Eidgenössischen Medienkommission
#EMEK
zur Markt- und Meinungsmacht von
#Plattformen
.
www.emek.admin.ch/de/markt-und...
#Medienpolitik
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Manuel Puppis
9 months ago
Gleich geht's los: Medienkonferenz der Eidgenössischen Mefienkommission
#EMEK
zum Thema
#Plattformmacht
.
#Medienpolitik
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Marietje Schaake
9 months ago
A propos of everything: My book is called The Tech Coup, How To Save Democracy From Silicon Valley âïž
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley a book by Marietje Schaake
An insider offers a "forceful critique...of Big Tech's steady erosion of democracy" (The New Yorker) and describes what must be done to stop it Over the past decades, under the cover of "innovation," ...
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-tech-coup-how-to-save-democracy-from-silicon-valley-marietje-schaake/21064760?ean=9780691241173
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persoenlich.com
9 months ago
Was erwartet Medien, Marketing und Kommunikation im neuen Jahr? Wir haben 10 Branchenexpertinnen und -experten gefragt.
@martinafehr.bsky.social
@annajobin.bsky.social
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So wird 2025: Kostendruck, Medienkompetenz und Chatbots
Das Jahr 2025 stellt die Schweizer Medien-, Werbe- und Kommunikationsbranche vor wegweisende Herausforderungen. Zehn fĂŒhrende Köpfe der Branche verraten in der Neujahrsumfrage, wo sie die grössten Chancen und Risiken sehen.
https://www.persoenlich.com/gesellschaft/kostendruck-medienkompetenz-und-chatbots
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Markus Frischhut
9 months ago
Frischhut, M. (2024). Ethische Dimensionen der
#Digitalwirtschaft
. In L. Staffler, B. Ebersberger, &
@annajobin.bsky.social
J(Eds.),
#Digitalwirtschaft
: Technische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Grundlagen (pp. 109â128). Springer.
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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Sam Gregory
10 months ago
OpenAIâs
#Sora
and
#Ai
tech like it represent a step change in generative video. For
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
I highlight key risks and fundamental inequitable gaps in access to detection tools. But ... there is time to address this and other threats
www.techpolicy.press/openais-sora...
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OpenAI's Sora Is Here. There Is Still Time To Prepare For The Threat Such Technologies Pose | TechPolicy.Press
WITNESS executive director Sam Gregory says there are fundamental gaps in access to detection tools that disadvantage journalists and civil society.
https://www.techpolicy.press/openais-sora-is-here-there-is-still-time-to-prepare-for-the-threat-such-technologies-pose/
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Tamara Kneese
10 months ago
Very cool to see this work by
@renshaolei.bsky.social
and others estimating AIâs public health costs from the air pollution associated with data center power consumption and backup generators AIâs impacts go beyond carbon, energy, and water costs
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AIâs deadly air pollution toll
Computer processing demands for artificial intelligence, or AI, are spurring increasing levels of deadly air pollution from power plants and backup diesel generators that continuously supply electrici...
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/09/ais-deadly-air-pollution-toll
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The Information Environment Project
10 months ago
The Human-IST Institute at the UniversitĂ© de Fribourg - UniversitĂ€t Freiburg is hiring a postdoctoral researcher to join a project on "Performing Artificial IntelligenceâGovernance, Agency, Action: an Interdisciplinary Inquiryâ:
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Meredith Whittaker
10 months ago
đąNEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social
,
@davidthewid.bsky.social
& I correct the recordđ
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why âopenâ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1
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Ingrid Brodnig
10 months ago
Sehr sehenswert: Die Tagespresse hat sich neun Mal als Jugendliche auf TikTok neu angemeldet - und schon rasch Jörg Haider, LâAmours Toujours und Trump-Videos eingeblendet bekommen
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Ăberall wird mehr
#Nachrichtenkompetenz
gefordert, Einiges geschieht bereits, und mit
#UseTheNewsCH
gibt es endlich eine schweizweite Plattform dafĂŒr: đ
usethenews.ch
Diese Plattform ist ĂŒbrigens auch ein tolles Beispiel fĂŒr branchenweite Kooperation im Medienbereich, welche allen zu Gute kommt!
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https://usethenews.ch
10 months ago
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Was sagt eigentlich die Etikette, darf man hier crossposten von LinkedIn?
10 months ago
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Marietje Schaake
10 months ago
The core task of democratic governments will be to reclaim the primacy of governance from tech companies, and why Trumpâs election challenges this âïž
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI expert Marietje Schaake: âThe way we think about technology is shaped by the tech companies themselvesâ
The Dutch policy director and former MEP on the unprecedented reach of big tech, the need for confident governments, and why the election of Trump changes everything
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/marietje-schaake-tech-coup-save-democracy-silicon-valley
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blair
10 months ago
A group of several Canadian media companies are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, seeking billions in damages
www.thestar.com/business/can...
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Canadaâs major news organizations band together to sue ChatGPT creator OpenAI
The suit alleges theft of published media to train software and seeks billions in damages.
https://www.thestar.com/business/canada-s-major-news-organizations-band-together-to-sue-chatgpt-creator-openai/article_efeae602-ae60-11ef-bef5-1bcf082b79fc.html
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Alondra Nelson
10 months ago
"money has flowed to tech giants and others in their orbit... [and] raises an uncomfortable prospect: that this supposedly revolutionary technology might never deliver on its promise of broad economic transformation, but instead just concentrate more wealth"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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ChatGPTâs $8 Trillion Birthday Gift to Big Tech
Two years in, generative AIâs value to the world is still unclear. But these charts show that itâs been a bonanza for the largest tech firms.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-29/chatgpt-turns-2-and-gives-8-trillion-birthday-gift-to-big-tech?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczMjg4NTExMCwiZXhwIjoxNzMzNDg5OTEwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTlA0SzZEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQzZEREQ1RTdGQjg0NzU4OUY0RTk0OEI4NTJDQzlCRCJ9.oqsulxQo3d1ljCrXhMp9UbIJtstB9oRofV4vvWvktjY
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#academicjobs
BTW Iâm looking for a postdoc to join our interdisciplinary âPerforming AIâ team in spring â25 for up to 4 years. Are you interested in Critical AI Studies? Please consider applying. More information here đ
human-ist.unifr.ch/en/news/news...
NB: This is NOT a remote position.
10 months ago
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Siva
10 months ago
The major social media scholars in Australia oppose this. But real expertise rarely matters when simple, ineffective, counterproductive policies are on offer.
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Emily Bell
10 months ago
ChatGPT search misrepresents results from publisher content, whether the newsrooms have deals with OpenAI or not, according to findings from our
@towcenter.bsky.social
research team
www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...
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How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content
ChatGPT search â which is positioned as a competitor to search engines like Google and Bing â launched with a press release from OpenAI touting claims that the company had âcollaborated extensively wi...
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/how-chatgpt-misrepresents-publisher-content.php
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Hello to all new followers (from đŠ?), welcome, please be warmed that I have a hard time keeping up with my socials. So: sporadic posts and re-shares ahead, with fluctuating volumes. You can also try
[email protected]
on Mastodon (my ideal, aspirational self is mainly there).
11 months ago
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Manuel Puppis
11 months ago
Today, Natali Helberger gave her talk at the University of Fribourg on AI in media. Tomorrow, she will receive the honorary doctorate for her interdisciplinary work on the governance of the public sphere.
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Manuel Puppis
over 1 year ago
Freitag um 10:00 an der
#SGKM2024
: Panel zu KI, Journalismus und Governance mit Botschafter Thomas Schneider,
@annajobin.bsky.social
und
@cporlezza.bsky.social
#Medienpolitik
#AI
event.fourwaves.com/sgkm2024/schedâŠ
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