Pink slime never went away. Politically motivated “journalism” has expanded into news media at every level. Read @emilybell.bsky.social of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. www.cjr.org/analysis/pin...

We asked seven different AI models to identify the location, date and source of photos taken by photojournalists, they collectively only answered 14 out of 280 queries completely correctly. @aisvarya17.bsky.social @klaudia.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

NEW in @columjournreview.bsky.social: Why AI models are bad at fact-checking photos www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

We asked seven different AI models to identify the location, date and source of photos taken by photojournalists, they collectively only answered 14 out of 280 queries completely correctly. @aisvarya17.bsky.social @klaudia.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

Read more in @columjournreview.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article. www.cjr.org/analysis/the... @dmil.bsky.social @towcenter.bsky.social

New from Tow: "A look at the almost two million Community Notes that X makes available to download shows that the vast majority of notes never end up being displayed..." @columjournreview.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Trump’s alliance with tech titans has Europeans considering alternatives, by @sarahgrevy.bsky.social of the @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

As tech companies further embrace Community Notes, @towcenter.bsky.social speaks to contributors and experts about persistent issues. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

We @towcenter.bsky.social have a new report which takes a long (literally) look at GenAI and news publishers. Search and critical issues of value exchange are at the heart of a cycle pushing the sources of news journalism ever further from consumers. More critical than most reports you will read:

The latest from the Tow Center: We interviewed news and tech industry representatives about AI’s impact on platforms and publishers. They expressed some hope and a lot of trepidation. @klaudia.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

NEW Report From Tow Center Digital #Journalism: “Journalism Zero: How Platforms and #Publishers are Navigating #AI” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/15/r... @towcenter.bsky.social #news #media

A new report I co-authored for the @towcenter.bsky.social is out today! We interviewed representatives from the news and technology industries about AI’s impact on the relationship between platforms and publishers. They expressed some hope and a lot of trepidation. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

New: In an effort to help those with relatively little technical training navigate the rapidly changing world of deepfakes, we highlighted just a few overarching findings that journalists should know about deepfake detection. Read on @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

What Journalists Should Know About Deepfake Detection in 2025, by Kaylee Williams of the @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

It turns out this problem extends to many other chatbots too. In @towcenter.bsky.social's tests, they often cited the wrong article, and sometimes also fabricated links & cited syndicated or plagiarized articles instead of the original.

“AI search” has a citation problem. Latest from @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

👋MEET THE 2025 DDC x TRYGFONDEN FELLOWS👋 As a TrygFonden fellow at the DDC, @sarahgrevy.bsky.social from @towcenter.bsky.social is investigating crowdsourced fact-checking systems, such as "community notes." We're eager to see if these approaches can help combat misinformation! 🔍

Are you using Generative AI tools as your search engine? @towcenter.bsky.social ran a test to see how often they cite news articles correctly given direct quotes from them. Results are troubling. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w... Great work by @aisvarya17.bsky.social and @klaudia.bsky.social

🔍 AI Search Engines: popular, but potentially problematic. A new study from the @towcenter.bsky.social reveals the hidden pitfalls in AI-powered search, like misattribution, misinformation and missing citations: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

NEW: @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social ran 1600 queries across eight generative AI search tools to see how they cite news content. They all did pretty poorly. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

@klaudia.bsky.social and I spent a few months studying how generative search tools cite news content. We'd love to hear your thoughts on our findings! @towcenter.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social

NEW: We ran 1600 queries across eight generative AI search tools to see how they cite news content. They all did pretty poorly. (w/ @aisvarya17.bsky.social for @towcenter.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

More from @towcenter.bsky.social …Grok is every bit as good as you might imagine (ie not at all) at identifying news sources

Can LLMs be helpful in creating source audits? The Tow Center helped a reporter who spent 15 years covering Afghanistan identify who got to shape the narrative. www.cjr.org/tow_center/u...

Tow researchers @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social tested Grok-3's ability to identify quotes from news publishers. Out of the 200 quotes we tested, 102 returned hallucinated citations and the original source article was correctly cited only nine times. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia: Disputes around edits are nothing new, but the rise of partisanship has added fuel to the fire. By Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen of @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Lucas Graves on Meta’s Decision to Shut Down Its Global Fact-Checking Program, in conversation with Kaylee Williams of the @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/q...

Our @towcenter.bsky.social researcher @klaudia.bsky.social on the changes AI is forcing for journalists labor negotiations, and some are getting concession (also features great paper by the excellent @mikeananny.bsky.social )

I wrote about how librarians and data archivists are backing up the federal information that's being changed or deleted from government websites —and what it means for journalism. Via @columjournreview.bsky.social and @towcenter.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Many crappy uses of AI in newsrooms, but can LLMs be helpful in creating source audits? @towcenter.bsky.social research helped a reporter who spent 15 years covering Afghanistan identify who got to shape the narrative www.cjr.org/tow_center/u...

For @columjournreview.bsky.social, @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I tested Grok-3's ability to identify quotes from news publishers. Out of the 200 quotes we tested, 102 returned hallucinated citations and the original source article was correctly cited only nine times. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

I wrote for @columjournreview.bsky.social about the potential of journalism unions to help media workers get more say in how AI shapes their industry www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

In a Volatile Landscape for AI and Labor Rights, Journalists at ABC Secure a Win, by Klaudia Jaźwińska of the @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

From Feb: "Despite reservations in some quarters of the news industry, the adoption of “platform AI” is largely viewed as a pragmatic choice driven by economic challenges..." @felixsimon.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center_r...

From January: The local news crisis has created a scramble to find ways to revive and sustain local journalism. Outlets funded by dark money have no such concerns; dark money is the business model... www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

OpenAI has a long way to go to build an effective search experience for news. Nice research from @towcenter.bsky.social - www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...

If you have been playing around with notebook LM you will already know why podcasters are alarmed . At @towcenter.bsky.social we put it through its paces at turning stories into political material in about 5 minutes - www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

New from Tow: AI tools are generating ultra-realistic customized podcasts that can be used for a variety of legitimate purposes. The Tow Center tests how they can also create misleading content and propaganda. @srd212.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...

Echoing my gratitude for this piece & the valuable work of @towcenter.bsky.social & @emilybell.bsky.social in supporting journalism research that bridges academia & practice. & always a treat to share space w/ Pete Brown & @damianradcliffe.bsky.social 😊

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...

🧵🪡 on our @towcenter.bsky.social test of OpenAI’s search and how it fails to accurately identify and return links to publisher content

I have a new piece out with @aisvarya17.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social in which we test how OpenAI's new search feature surfaces and attributes news content. Our findings were not promising for news publishers (1/9) www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...

Tow Center analysis finds that publishers face the risk of their content being misattributed or misrepresented regardless of whether or not they allow OpenAI’s crawlers. @klaudia.bsky.social @aisvarya17.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...

10/ It’s not just Knox County. Across the country, oil, gas, and power companies have exploited a struggling news industry and a fraught political process to fight clean energy. Read more via ProPublica, Floodlight News and @towcenter.bsky.social ⬇️

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working to Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping. A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm—and each other.

Each cog in the anti-solar machine — an opposition group, political texts, the local paper, an energy publication — was linked to the others by finances and overlapping agendas, an investigation by floodlight news, @propublica.bsky.social, and the Tow Center found. www.cjr.org/tow_center/f...

Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including discussions from leading industry thinkers, and hands-on workshops. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social @emilybell.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social RSVP on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-and-the...

Very much looking forward to speaking at this event by the @towcenter.bsky.social and the Craig Newmark Center in New York in two weeks, including about some of the work we have been doing at the Reuters Institute on AI and news. If you would like to say hello, I will be there 21th-26th 👋

Join us for a sweeping exploration of AI and ethics in today’s journalism, including discussions from leading industry thinkers and news practitioners, hands-on workshops and new research. RSVP on Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/ai-and-the...