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DW = Germany's international broadcaster. DW Innovation = DW ReCo + DW Lab. We explore emerging technologies and their impact on journalism, media, and […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
"This is a textbook case of what happens when there's this conflict between what companies want, what nonprofit individuals want, how much responsibility people have when they take money, who gets control and when. How much democracy versus just 'I have the power to do something, therefore I'm […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
It's true: AI tools can offer helpful starting points for visual investigations – but also cause a lot of confusion.

A deep dive by Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska for the Columbia Journalism Review:

https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/why-ai-models-are-bad-at-verifying-photos.php […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
#ddj #dataviz

4 charts and 1 map that explain the global problem of unhealthy diets, food insecurity, and sheer hunger.

(via DW Data)

https://www.dw.com/en/food-insecurity-nutrition-and-geography-in-a-hungry-world/a-73435007
Food insecurity: Nutrition and geography in a hungry world – DW – 07/28/2025
More than 2.3 billion people experience moderate or severe food insecurity, and 673.2 million are undernourished, according to a global report by UN agencies. DW examines hunger and unequal food access over the years
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d
"Imagine a world where scientific experiments yielded different results every time you ran them, even with identical setups. (...) In most fields, such inconsistencies would be unacceptable. Yet, in the (.) world of large language models (LLMs), we’ve often accepted a curious paradox: the same […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
The #cfp for the 2026 Languages & The #media #conference just opened.

The event will be hosted in London, and the main theme will be:

"Moving Images That Move Audiences – Localizing with Intent"

The deadline for proposals is January 16th, 2026.

More info here […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Content authenticity and digital markers vs. #disinfo: The BBC’s R&D team has been testing Sony’s new #C2PA #video camera.

Results presented by Judy Parnall and Charlie Halford.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-09-news-content-verification-credentials-trust

C2PA will also play a role […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
"This dance of refusal and counter-refusal, called #taarof, governs countless daily interactions in #persian culture. And #ai models are terrible at it."

(via Benji Edwards and @arstechnica)

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/when-no-means-yes-why-ai-chatbots-cant-process-persian-social-etiquette/
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d
"... you might recall the feeling of confusion after opening such a document, followed by frustration – Wait, what is this exactly? – before you begin to wonder if the sender simply used AI to generate large blocks of text instead of thinking it through. If this sounds familiar, you have been […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d
Virtual private networks have become standard tools for many journalists, as the services promise to enhance privacy, security, and freedom.

Jacob Roach tried to find a #vpn that really works.

(via @WIRED)

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-vpn/
5 Best VPN Services (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d
Why is #synthetic #audio still so hard to detect? 🎧

Because there are SO many ways to create it!

But fear not. Our colleagues Julia Bayer and Anna Schild have set out to test and compare three freely available tools: Hiya, DeepfakeTotal and DeepFake-O-Meter.

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Check out our latest blogpost […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d
If you're into #longreads and tech #history, check out this 3-part series on the people and ideas that made the #internet by @arstechnica:

I: An ARPA Dream Takes Form […]

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Map of the Internet in 1977 with white dots (IMPS), rectangles (host computers). and jagged lines (connections to other networks). Credit: The Computer History Museum.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d
Just in case you missed it: Priya Bharadia's sobering piece on #youtube #aislop for @guardian.

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/11/cat-soap-operas-and-babies-trapped-in-space-the-ai-slop-taking-over-youtube
Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube
Nearly one in 10 of the fastest growing channels globally consist of mass-produced, surreal AI-generated videos
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d
The internet was born "free" – but today it’s dominated by corporate "walled gardens."

Can we reclaim a global, open grid?

"Ibukun OG" for @hackernoon.

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https://hackernoon.com/from-walled-gardens-to-world-grid-a-short-history-of-how-we-centralized-the-internet

#internet #history
From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet | HackerNoon
From ARPANET’s open roots to today’s walled gardens, explore how we centralized the internet—and why the fight for a freer web isn’t over.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d
Turning 3D models into fully interactive experiences – with hotspots and everything?

Our colleagues at XReco have developed a tool that makes this possible: The 3D infographic template.

Clickable, zoomable & ready to insert into your next online article.

Check out their blogpost to find out […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d
Irreparable #socialmedia?

"In social science, we always teach that everything is a normal distribution.

The move from studying the conventional social world to studying the online social world means that you're moving from these nice normal distributions to these horrible power law […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d
"Today’s generative platforms have learned a lot from the sheer volume of information they have gobbled up, but tomorrow’s agentic systems are going to need common sense specific to an individual person’s context, which can’t be learned from large data sets."

Thoughts on the next #ai […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d
#chateurope is a web-based #news aggregator with an LLM-driven chatbot wired into it.

The #ai tool under-delivered at first, but has gotten a lot better – thanks to a committed consortium that wants to build a truly useful and trustworthy service […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26d
This one is about BBC comedies. And R&D. And marketing. And dating.

Robert Dawes introduces the "Smile Tracker". 😄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-05-smile-tracker/
Grin and pair it: Our Smile Tracker loves to find the funny
BBC R&D; has created the Smile Tracker tool to help showcase the great comedy on BBC iPlayer.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d
"The (human) host will get less smiley, less engaging, and so on. The virtual human is very standardized in terms of attitude."

@jasonkoebler on the advancement of salesperson avatars in China […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d
Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT refer to journalistic sources more often than one would think – and they prefer specific media outlets.

(via @niemanlab)

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/generative-ai-models-love-to-cite-reuters-and-axios-study-finds/

#ai #journalism #news
Generative AI models love to cite Reuters and Axios, study finds
Muck Rack found that major models cite journalism in nearly half of responses that require "recency."
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d
Could you cut it in the "brain only" group?

Vik Bogdanov has checked recent #harvard and #mit research – and explains how #ai tools can (negatively) affect our minds.

https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-affects-our-minds-early-evidence-from-harvard-and-mit

(via @hackernoon)

#neuroscience
How AI Affects Our Minds: Early Evidence From Harvard and MIT | HackerNoon
Discover how LLMs may impact memory, motivation, and critical thinking. MIT and Harvard studies reveal surprising cognitive effects.
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 8
From watermarks to missing sources and credibility gaps, here's how you can sharpen your senses – and avoid falling for the latest wave of newscast fakes:

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-to-spot-ai-generated-newscasts/a-73053782

Useful media and information literacy feature by Monir […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5
"Editor's note: This essay has been removed." 🫣

(via Press Gazette)

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/ai-hoaxer-a-fake-x-account-and-the-case-of-margaux-blanchard/

#fake #hoax #ai
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4
"What if you could search every visible word on New York City’s streets?

(...)

The data is astonishing; it feels like sifting through the city's source code."

Impressive mix of #ddj and #scrollytelling by @thepudding

https://pudding.cool/2025/07/street-view/
NYC’s Urban Textscape
Analyzing All of the Words Found on NYC Streets
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3
"If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes really scarce, then it becomes very valuable."

(via @niemanlab)

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trusted-news-sites-may-benefit-in-an-internet-full-of-ai-generated-fakes-a-new-study-finds/

#journalism #trust
Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds
An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.
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