Alex Mahadevan
@alexmahadevan.com
Director of MediaWise and faculty doing AI, media literacy and OSINT stuff @poynterinstitute.bsky.social | alexmahadevan.com
Well, Google's whole Gemini SynthID AI detector is certainly not working. AND a hallucinated interview!
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Well, Google's whole Gemini SynthID AI detector is certainly not working. AND a hallucinated interview!
If anyone thinks brain rot is something new, please check out Pomplamoose
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If anyone thinks brain rot is something new, please check out Pomplamoose
Yoooo @murderxbryan.bsky.social, Ryan Lizza hit Olivia Nuzzi with a Guys classic
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yoooo @murderxbryan.bsky.social, Ryan Lizza hit Olivia Nuzzi with a Guys classic
Really embarrassing stuff!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Really embarrassing stuff!!
Hell yeah BCHC
Turnstile’s unforgettable 2025 just got better: The Baltimore hardcore band earned five Grammy nominations. buff.ly/iNGepEB
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hell yeah BCHC
Reposted by Alex Mahadevan
✨New working paper on the trade-offs involved in AI transparency in news 🤖📝
Based on a case study of the @financialtimes.com, Liz Lohn and I argue that transparency about AI in news is a spectrum, evolving with tech, commercial, professional & ethical considerations & audience attitudes.
Based on a case study of the @financialtimes.com, Liz Lohn and I argue that transparency about AI in news is a spectrum, evolving with tech, commercial, professional & ethical considerations & audience attitudes.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✨New working paper on the trade-offs involved in AI transparency in news 🤖📝
Based on a case study of the @financialtimes.com, Liz Lohn and I argue that transparency about AI in news is a spectrum, evolving with tech, commercial, professional & ethical considerations & audience attitudes.
Based on a case study of the @financialtimes.com, Liz Lohn and I argue that transparency about AI in news is a spectrum, evolving with tech, commercial, professional & ethical considerations & audience attitudes.
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Things are incredibly bleak, but I take solace in knowing I am alive at the same time as the mountain goats
in case you missed it our World Cafe Live session + interview is up and I gotta say it's nice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=btCH...
The Mountain Goats on World Cafe
YouTube video by World Cafe
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October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Things are incredibly bleak, but I take solace in knowing I am alive at the same time as the mountain goats
Nick Fuentes, according to Wikipedia (left) and “Grokipedia” (right)
Really twisting itself in knots to not call a nazi a nazi
Really twisting itself in knots to not call a nazi a nazi
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nick Fuentes, according to Wikipedia (left) and “Grokipedia” (right)
Really twisting itself in knots to not call a nazi a nazi
Really twisting itself in knots to not call a nazi a nazi
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/to the tune of "Buffalo Soldier" Mencius Moldbug
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
/to the tune of "Buffalo Soldier" Mencius Moldbug
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Super cool data on what people saw on their phone during the 2024 US elections:
"On an average day, the median individual saw the terms ‘Donald Trump’, ‘Joe Biden’, and ‘Kamala Harris’ on their phone for only 3 seconds."
www.guyaridor.net/files/digita...
"On an average day, the median individual saw the terms ‘Donald Trump’, ‘Joe Biden’, and ‘Kamala Harris’ on their phone for only 3 seconds."
www.guyaridor.net/files/digita...
www.guyaridor.net
October 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Super cool data on what people saw on their phone during the 2024 US elections:
"On an average day, the median individual saw the terms ‘Donald Trump’, ‘Joe Biden’, and ‘Kamala Harris’ on their phone for only 3 seconds."
www.guyaridor.net/files/digita...
"On an average day, the median individual saw the terms ‘Donald Trump’, ‘Joe Biden’, and ‘Kamala Harris’ on their phone for only 3 seconds."
www.guyaridor.net/files/digita...
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If anything signals that we are truly watching the U.S. crumbling in real time, it’s an AI video of MLK promoting crypto on a fully AI slop platform. Fake, dying empire
October 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If anything signals that we are truly watching the U.S. crumbling in real time, it’s an AI video of MLK promoting crypto on a fully AI slop platform. Fake, dying empire
Reposted by Alex Mahadevan
No time to read the long version of our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research on use & views around GenAI, information, and news in 6 countries? Then read the summary, just out with @niemanlab.org.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
People are using ChatGPT twice as much as they were last year. They’re still just as skeptical of AI in news.
"For news organizations, our findings are in some ways bitter medicine."
www.niemanlab.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
No time to read the long version of our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research on use & views around GenAI, information, and news in 6 countries? Then read the summary, just out with @niemanlab.org.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
The Free Press paying to promote the dumbest hot takes imaginable on Reddit lol
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Free Press paying to promote the dumbest hot takes imaginable on Reddit lol
lol
Please welcome CBS News Deputy Editor-in-Chief Bill Belichick
October 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
lol
Seeing all the Bob Ross videos on Sora 2 is particularly revolting when you know about the war over his likeness after his death, and what his family went though
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Seeing all the Bob Ross videos on Sora 2 is particularly revolting when you know about the war over his likeness after his death, and what his family went though
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GOOD MORNING TWO NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS SONGS ONE WHERE ME AND PETER BALKAN AND ADAM START CALCULATING HOW TO SURVIVE AFTER A SHIPWRECK & ONE WHERE ADAM EXITS STAGE LEFT NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN
30tgrs.ffm.to/coldatnight-...
30tgrs.ffm.to/coldatnight-...
The Mountain Goats - Cold at Night / Rocks in My Pockets
Choose your preferred music service
30tgrs.ffm.to
October 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
GOOD MORNING TWO NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS SONGS ONE WHERE ME AND PETER BALKAN AND ADAM START CALCULATING HOW TO SURVIVE AFTER A SHIPWRECK & ONE WHERE ADAM EXITS STAGE LEFT NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN
30tgrs.ffm.to/coldatnight-...
30tgrs.ffm.to/coldatnight-...
My experience with Tyler Cowen is from Econ grad school, when every smart professor would roll their eyes at every insane new blog he released. OG rage baiter and Econ oversimplifier
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My experience with Tyler Cowen is from Econ grad school, when every smart professor would roll their eyes at every insane new blog he released. OG rage baiter and Econ oversimplifier
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Apparently the new AI thingy everyone likes is stealing Norm Macdonald's likeness and that got my panties in the ol' twist. Poynter's @alexmahadevan.com asked me about it.
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2...
www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2...
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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High praise from the TRUE master of all this
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
High praise from the TRUE master of all this
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New on @indicator.media: Almost all major platforms have promised to label AI content on their services, but it can be hard to keep track of who said they do what and how.
I collected information for 8 different platforms in one nifty table, that we will keep updating.
I collected information for 8 different platforms in one nifty table, that we will keep updating.
The Indicator Guide to AI labels
We’ve collected in one place how and when major platforms label AI content
indicator.media
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New on @indicator.media: Almost all major platforms have promised to label AI content on their services, but it can be hard to keep track of who said they do what and how.
I collected information for 8 different platforms in one nifty table, that we will keep updating.
I collected information for 8 different platforms in one nifty table, that we will keep updating.
What’s Sora 2 like, you ask? Well, got to see SpongeBob as Hitler
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What’s Sora 2 like, you ask? Well, got to see SpongeBob as Hitler
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“But they’re all criminals for coming here illegally.”
Being undocumented in the United States is a civil infraction. If someone is undocumented, without having committed any other crimes, they’re not a criminal.
Here's important facts to combat ICE talking points:
lni.media/p/how-to-tal...
Being undocumented in the United States is a civil infraction. If someone is undocumented, without having committed any other crimes, they’re not a criminal.
Here's important facts to combat ICE talking points:
lni.media/p/how-to-tal...
How to talk to your neighbor about ICE
Uncover the conversation around ICE, federal workers, and social media commentary with Dave Jorgenson's provocative take on controversial recruitment tactics and viral content.
lni.media
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“But they’re all criminals for coming here illegally.”
Being undocumented in the United States is a civil infraction. If someone is undocumented, without having committed any other crimes, they’re not a criminal.
Here's important facts to combat ICE talking points:
lni.media/p/how-to-tal...
Being undocumented in the United States is a civil infraction. If someone is undocumented, without having committed any other crimes, they’re not a criminal.
Here's important facts to combat ICE talking points:
lni.media/p/how-to-tal...