A look at media coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting
The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months. Tweets: @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @janebsinger , @emilymbender , @datad...
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @goldstein222 , @parismartineau , @timkarr , @alexsta...
Sources detail attempts by Amazon delivery drivers in Chicago to beat peers to new orders by hanging smartphones in trees near Amazon's delivery stations
- Scammers seem to have rigged Amazon system to get orders first — Operation reflects ferocious rivalry for gigs in a bad economy Tweets: @kateconger , @parismartineau , @caseynewton , @kimbhasin ,...
New report says the proliferation of right-wing content on YouTube is driven by both supply and demand rather than the platform's recommendation algorithm
In a new report, Penn State political scientists say that it's not the recommendation engine, but the communities that form around right-wing content. Tweets: @parismartineau , @wired , @parismartinea...
A look at burgeoning industry of influencer marketing, where brands routinely shell out $60K+ for one video review, or $85K+ to publicly disparage a competitor
WHEN SAHARA LOTTI started her lash extensions company, Lashify, in 2017, she didn't know what she was getting herself into. Tweets: @carnage4life , @jasongay , @nxthompson , @scottthurm , @sub8u , @pa...
Clients of therapy-by-text services like Talkspace, BetterHelp complain about bad service, high prices, deceitful advertising around free trials
Paris Martineau / The Outline : Tweets: @ruchosharma , @parismartineau , @outline , and @parismartineau Tweets: Ruchira Sharma / @ruchosharma : I remember trying the free versions of these countless ...
A look at “niche memes”, personal clip art diaries teens post on Instagram to close-knit followers, a trend that took off when they returned to school this fall
Almost every day, while she's waiting for soccer practice to begin or for her mom to pick her up from school … Tweets: @chaykak , @taylorlorenz , @parismartineau , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @tay...