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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 1d

Another essential read for media legislators and practitioners (via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social)

Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 2d

Terry res pokaže, kako visoko obrt je mogoče doseči po petdesetih letih in 15.000 pogovorih (via @npr.org).

www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...

Terry Gross On 50 Years Of Fresh Air (Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso) : Fresh Air

This month marks 50 years of Terry Gross as the host of Fresh Air. What began in 1975 as a local experiment at WHYY in Philadelphia has since grown into a national institution—one that not only transf...

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 6d

Implementing DSA is quite a challenge because it intersects with other content-related EU acts and directives like AVMS and EMFA.

AlgorithmWatch @algorithmwatch.org · 6d

The EU Digital Services Act is 3 years old! 🎂 But how’s its work to regulate online services going? Here we unpack this question, plus our birthday present 🎁 to the DSA: A “mass data access request” with @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social & @mozilla.org Foundation: 👉 algorithmwatch.org/en/birthday-...

Happy Birthday, Digital Services Act! – Time for a Reality Check - AlgorithmWatch

The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) celebrates its third birthday. This landmark digital regulation is meant to give a better understanding of how online services decide what users see, and more power...

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 6d

Res znajo pisati naslove člankov. Dobesedno si predstavljam malega pava s tem problemom.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recover

www.theguardian.com

Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 7d

Učite se programirati, najraje že v vrtcu, da boste dolgo živeli in vam bo dobro na zemlji.

Zveni znano? (via @nytimes.com)

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...

Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.

www.nytimes.com

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 8d

Podobno avtizem. Dober pregled zgodivine diagnoze na NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

www.nytimes.com

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 8d

One of the cutest examples of "saving taxpayers' money"

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million

After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”

www.nationalgeographic.com

Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 9d

"Intelligent", "Smart", "Human-Like", and "Thinking" technologies usually mean - automation.

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting question for legal scholars: how about AI and conflict of interests? Should one LLM be allowed to represent both parties? (via @restofworld.org)

restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...

AI is helping judges to quickly close cases, and lawyers to quickly open them

Brazil’s overburdened courts and lawyers are adopting artificial intelligence. But experts wonder whether it serves justice.

restofworld.org

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 12d

Let's report on EU politics!
Hardly an exciting idea for a journalist startup, but ...
(via @niemanlab.org)
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The Gen Z newsroom covering Europe (and ruffling some continental feathers along the way)

Like all Cinderella stories, there’s an urgent carriage-to-pumpkin timeline looming for The European Correspondent.

www.niemanlab.org

Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 14d

“Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers” (via @futurism.com)

On the other hand, "passable looking work" is exactly what is expected from many employees.

futurism.com/future-socie...

Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI "Workslop," Stanford Research Finds

Not only is AI hampering productivity, but it's also blowing up collaboration and souring employee dynamics.

futurism.com

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 15d

This copy may have been discarded, but the ideas are still defining media and internet regulation (while re-reading it @parismarx.com came to mind).

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 15d

Naslov zavaja, ne skrbi :)

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 16d

This is becoming one of my favourite podcasts: Instant Classics by Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins. Check the latest episode on free speech in Ancient Greece and Rome

www.radio.net/podcast/inst...

Instant Classics podcast | Listen online for free

Join world-renowned classicist Mary Beard and Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins for Instant Classics — the weekly podcast that proves ancient history is still relevant. Ancient stories, ...

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 16d

Time to read old media critics.

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 19d

Conversations with AI:

"I see your point"
"I feel you"

No, you don't.

Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 20d

Sure, media ownership is important. But the owners may not be the only privileged elites in news and opinion industry (via @theguardian.com).

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane

Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society, says Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy ...

www.theguardian.com

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 21d

Future of content and attention industries:
- 90+% of content is generated by AI
- 90+% of this content is read by AI
- 90+% of all ads are seen by AI
- 90+% of engagement is AI

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 22d

700 million users, 2.6 billion daily GPT messages, and seven figures on how we use ChatGPT (via @arstechnica.com)

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers.

New study breaks down what 700 million users do across 2.6 billion daily GPT messages.

arstechnica.com

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 22d

Sliši se arhaično (ukaz o razglasitvi), a je za našo ekipo zelo poseben ukaz :)

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 27d

Very good text on AI and the academia. Can also be applied to other fields:

zenodo.org/records/1706...

Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...

zenodo.org

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · 29d

Any takes on Digital Service Tax? Some countries are introducing them, others are opting out.

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is why we wanted to make the new Slovenian Media Act EMFA-ready.

European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @efjeurope.bsky.social · Sep 8

Last month, on August 8, the #EMFA came into force. Despite limitations and legal uncertainties, this act stands as a robust defense against unprecedented assaults on journalism and media professionals.

Member States must now implement the EMFA without any further delay.

Now in force, the EMFA must become a reality for journalists

The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) comes fully into force today, 8 August 2025. Yet, in most EU Member States, the EMFA is still a long way from being ...

europeanjournalists.org

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · Sep 4

Quite historic: Slovenian parliament voted on the new Media Act yesterday. It took a dedicated team, a brave minister, and three year process to replace the old 2001 Mass Media Act.

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Lenart J. Kucic @ljkucic.bsky.social · Aug 28

It may be unwise to assume that AI assistants will be on our side ...

futurism.com/openai-scann...

OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

OpenAI has authorized itself to call law enforcement if users say threatening enough things when talking to ChatGPT.

futurism.com