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Nov. 22, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: YouTube to launch skippable ads, AP to launch iCircular, ProPublica to launch partnership with Press+

A holiday gift for that special geek in your life http://nie.mn/geffPx »

"’Revenge of the liberal-arts majors’ might be the best way to describe the method that [Twitter’s] media team uses…" http://nie.mn/cCb9ih »

Have questions about @Poynter‘s upcoming redesign? Their live chat starts…now http://nie.mn/9TvqmW »

Great job opp: @Berkmancenter is looking for a researcher to join its broadband project team http://nie.mn/bMGkgO »

Using @knightfdn money, @ProPublica partners with Press+ to seek reader donations http://nie.mn/dtS5AY »

Save the date, NYC coders: the first-ever @TimesOpen Hack Day is Dec 4 http://nie.mn/axwMwp »

Inside @Wired‘s geektastic NYC pop-up store http://nie.mn/8Xrw34 »

Into dataviz? Have a WordPress blog? Be a beta tester for a Knight News Challenge application http://nie.mn/bJbBdx »

Are you a member of @ONA? Here’s your 2011 Board of Directors http://nie.mn/96gJ4n Congrats, all! »

Choice in advertising: YouTube prepares to launch skippable ad units http://nie.mn/bs3nRR »

"I mean, all this story is lacking is a dragon." http://nie.mn/9RQoec »

The Facebook development ratio: 80% on user-focused growth, 20% on cost-saving and revenue-growing http://nie.mn/a7s9NH »

Google TV’s Choudhary: "We never intended to replace subscriptions to cable or satellite TV" http://nie.mn/a0j7sF (via @mediagazer) »

Tim Berners-Lee: "Data-driven journalism is the future. Well, part of the future." http://nie.mn/d3STMY »

AP will pilot iCircular, its insert-like mobile ad program, in early 2011 http://nie.mn/ddv2Eo »

 
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From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
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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.”