Nieman Foundation at Harvard
HOME
          
LATEST STORY
From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
ABOUT                    SUBSCRIBE
May 29, 2009, 5:57 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Sections, Dow Jones, Play the News

The web may be rendering our notion of news sections obsolete. NYT developer @harrisj mulls it over http://tr.im/mNb1 »

Dow Jones, betting the Bloomberg terminal will go out of style, is revamping its data services for the web http://tr.im/mMkn »

The growth in long-form video streaming on sites like Hulu is being driven by 35-49-year-olds, not teens http://tr.im/mMKe »

Slate: “Does today’s hush-hush meeting of newspaper executives violate antitrust law?” http://tr.im/mJOb »

Here’s a data point: newsprint consumption among U.S. newspapers declined 30% in April from year prior http://tr.im/mPjW »

The first Knight News Game Award (@G4C) goes to Play the News, a fascinating site. Sort of a real-life Risk http://tr.im/mNNX »

 
Join the 60,000 who get the freshest future-of-journalism news in our daily email.
From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
Within days of visiting the pages — and without commenting on, liking, or following any of the material — Facebook’s algorithm recommended reams of other AI-generated content.
What journalists and independent creators can learn from each other
“The question is not about the topics but how you approach the topics.”
Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity
“Our research addresses deepfake detection algorithms’ fairness, rather than just attempting to balance the data. It offers a new approach to algorithm design that considers demographic fairness as a core aspect.”