Links on Twitter: Bloomberg’s speed desk, AP’s topic pages, after-parties in abandoned newspaper boxes

Bloomberg News has 200 journalists on its “Speed Desk” publishing headlines seconds ahead of competitors http://tr.im/EXLJ »

The AP wants to create topic pages to rival Wikipedia, whose founder says, “Sounds like a good idea” http://tr.im/F4HA »

48% of Americans say they’d pay for news online, compared to 60% of Western Europeans http://tr.im/F4iv »

Are game stories “worthless” or just in need of reinvention? @jasoncfry asks some sports writers http://tr.im/F4Nr »

Slate quickly reels in a spin-off: Double X, with focus on women’s issues, to be folded into main site http://tr.im/F6eY »

Very cool art: Print media’s after-party is raging in an abandoned newspaper box near you http://tr.im/F60w »

Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. Goldstein

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.

Neel Dhanesha

What journalists and independent creators can learn from each other

“The question is not about the topics but how you approach the topics.”

Siwei Lyu and Yan Ju

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.”