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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 5m

NEW Paragon target identified in Italy: Francesco Caltagirone, one of the country's most prominent businessman, at the center of a major banking operation involving the government

@faffa42.bsky.social on @irpimedia.eu has the scoop - with @lastampa.bsky.social
irpimedia.irpi.eu/caltagirone-...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 8h

🚨BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News’ @jeremyscahill.com

www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking-h...

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17h

Cyberlibertarianism.

He positioned the launch’s speed bumps as learning opportunities. “Not for much longer will we have the only good video model out there, and there’s going to be a ton of videos with none of our safeguards, and that’s fine, that’s the way the world works,” Altman said, adding, “We can use this window to get society to really understand, ‘Hey, the playing field changed, we can generate almost indistinguishable video in some cases now, and you’ve got to be ready for that.’”
Altman said he feels that people don’t pay attention to OpenAI’s technology when people at the company talk about it, only when they release it. “We’ve got to have … this sort of technological and societal co-evolution,” Altman said. “I believe that works, and I actually don’t know anything else that works. There are clearly going to be challenges for society contending with this quality, and what will get much better, with the video generation. But the only way that we know of to help mitigate it is to get the world to experience it and figure out how that’s going to go.”

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 20h

Professional Journalism Workshop: "Leading Journalism in the Age of AI: Executive Insights and Strategy”, a course for journalists and media people at @unisg.ch this November with @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @alviani.bsky.social and me. All info: mcm.unisg.ch/en/weiterbil...

Ping me if interested!

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 20h

Fact and fiction about the Swiss AI model Apertus: www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...

Fact and fiction about the Swiss AI model Apertus

A look at what’s behind the most frequent claims about the new Swiss technology.

www.swissinfo.ch

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 1d

The 'compact' sent to US universities is a fundamental threat to universities and their faculty. It needs more attention and opposition.

@brendannyhan.bsky.social & @lkfazio.bsky.social unpack it here.

Yield and be "forever subservient to the whims of the government"

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.

Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

www.msnbc.com

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 1d

Vogliamo tutt’altro - Dalla Global Sumud Flotilla ai blocchi dei portuali: anatomia di un movimento: not.neroeditions.com/vogliamo-tut...

Vogliamo tutt'altro | Not | NERO

Che succede quando la gente riscopre la forza di camminare assieme per strada per ore e ore, tanto che si siedono sull’asfalto e si dimenticano di tornare a casa? Abbracciarsi, non sentirsi sol*, cant...

not.neroeditions.com

Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 1d

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... (@eff.org)

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat ...

www.eff.org

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 1d

Cos'è l'architettura forense e perché è utile nel contesto di Gaza: www.tispiegoildato.it/p/cose-larch... (@donata.bsky.social)

Cos'è l'architettura forense e perché è utile nel contesto di Gaza

Anche per seguire la Flotilla in queste ore

www.tispiegoildato.it

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 1d

How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI: apnews.com/article/arti...

How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI

As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious.

apnews.com

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 1d

Unbelievable stupidities:
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Unbelievable stupidities.

How the press can rise to the moment.

www.cjr.org

Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 2d

International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel’s army: apnews.com/article/gaza...

International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel's army

International journalists have been given a rare and limited glimpse of Gaza City under the supervision of the Israeli military.

apnews.com

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 2d

‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China

In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race

www.theguardian.com

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

You can explore the full book here: www.routledge.com/Insights-on-...

Insights on Investigative Journalism

Offering a critical overview of the state of contemporary investigative journalism, this book considers ways in which investigative journalism can bring about meaningful change and what conditions nee...

www.routledge.com

Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

My contribution draws on a series of case studies and the growing literature on computational journalism, while being particularly informed by Michael Richardson’s theories of “non-human witnessing” and the concept of “investigative aesthetics” developed by Eyal Weizman and Matthew Fuller.

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

You can explore the full book here: lnkd.in/ecZGvxmy

Cheers

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

The book includes my chapter on investigative reporting and “black box” technologies such as AI systems, tools that are by definition opaque and often conceal their underlying power dynamics and potential for abuse.

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

I’m delighted to see "Insights on Investigative Journalism" finally out. Congrats to Neil Macfarlane, Barbara Longo-Flint, and John Price for assembling such a book, one that weaves together theory and practice, showcasing a wide range of issues, from reporting techniques to ethical challenges.

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Philip Di Salvo @philipdisalvo.bsky.social · 7d

In the Belly of AI, il documentario che racconta come milioni di data worker pagano il prezzo nascosto dell’intelligenza artificiale: www.wired.it/article/in-t... (@wired.it)