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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 3h

AI Accountability is a joint effort. Just look at how the legal, social, political, and media forums were networked in holding the Dutch SyRI system accountable. Full analysis here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/networked-...

Networked AI Accountability

How different forums contributed to producing accountability in the Dutch welfare scandal.

www.ai-accountability-review.com

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FiftyPlusOne.news @fiftyplusone.news · 5d

new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 5d

How prevalent is machine generated text on Reddit? This report says it could be as high as 9% in some sub communities and some timeframes: arxiv.org/abs/2510.07226

Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit

Generative Artificial Intelligence is reshaping online communication by enabling large-scale production of Machine-Generated Text (MGT) at low cost. While its presence is rapidly growing across the We...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 11d

The Block Club Chicago newsroom continues to report on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago.

If you have footage of agent activity you filmed, please reach out via this website:
blockclubchi.co/3IIYou4

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 13d

California’s new AI law is a nice example of how you might go about legislating prospective AI accountability to prevent risks that are uncertain. www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/how-califo...

How California’s New AI Law Supports Accountability

California's new AI law takes a "better safe than sorry" approach, creating prospective accountability for catastrophic risks from the world's most powerful "frontier" AI models.

www.ai-accountability-review.com

Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 20d

I don’t think I understood what a “provost” was until I was in a TT position…

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 21d

@melissahei.bsky.social and team may also be interested in academic work on the subject, which I talk about here: ndiakopoulos.substack.com/p/sec-10-k-d...

SEC 10-K Disclosures as a Route to Corporate AI Accountability?

There's some value to them, but policy needs to call for more specific statements

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 25d

This is horrible. Another sledgehammer to immigration, academia, and innovation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas

www.nytimes.com

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 27d

What can we learn from the news industry's missteps with GenAI? Clare Spencer recaps some of the most visible fails in the industry for GAIN: generative-ai-newsroom.com/the-news-ind...

The News Industry’s GenAI Cautionary Tales

Generative AI failures have shown, among other things, the value of scrutinizing outsourced work.

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · 29d

What if all journalists from small (local) outlets really need from GenAI is help with some admin tasks? Read more about Stuart Duncan's research findings on the GAIN blog here: generative-ai-newsroom.com/administrati...

Administrative Boon, Editorial Question: Generative AI’s Role in Small Newsrooms

A study of 20 small newsrooms reveals that the real value of generative AI isn’t in writing stories, but in back office tasks.

generative-ai-newsroom.com

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European Data and Computational Journalism Conference @datajconf.com · Sep 9

From today's opening keynote - @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social on the many ways, positive & negative, that AI can affect how journalists work #datajconf

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lord Elgin catching some serious (deserved) shade at the Acropolis.

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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · Sep 5

There's an opening on the News Apps team at ProPublica! If you're a journalist who knows how to code and build things, apply below
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News Applications Developer

Remote, United States

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 4

can you share a link to this page?

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 4

New on the GAIN blog today from @clarespencer.bsky.social . Local journalists are finding value in using GenAI tools to monitor public meetings and find important stories. More here: generative-ai-newsroom.com/how-genai-to...

How GenAI Tools are Helping Journalists Monitor Public Meetings

From a school board selling off land to a suburb running out of water, journalists are using GenAI to find stories from local meetings

generative-ai-newsroom.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · Aug 28

Ten days to submit a talk, panel, workshop, etc. Join us!

Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · Aug 26

The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com

The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/

We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!

Screenshot of the C+J website, including the dates, December 11 and 12, and the two keynotes, Attila Batorfy and Homa Hosseinmardi

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 27

Would national guard be called to red states if there were mass protests there?

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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · Aug 26

The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com

The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/

We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 26

The media is a key player in supporting an accountable AI ecosystem, whether by closing information gaps or helping to establish norms around (un)acceptable AI behavior. www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/the-media-...

The Media as Accountability Forum

How policymakers could help support the media's role in fostering a more accountable AI ecosystem.

www.ai-accountability-review.com

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yikes! "Nearly 1 in 5 people consider it acceptable to form a romantic relationship with an AI" blog.cip.org/p/translatin...

Translating global public input into AI evals

Early insights from Global Dialogues

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · Aug 20

My all-purpose AI reform is banning computers from pretending they are human. Having names, saying "I," pretending to have feelings, representing what they emit as "advice," etc. That's where much of the mischief starts.

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 14

A focus on prevention rather than blame offers an alternative to classic conceptions of accountability. Read my primer on prospective accountability for governing AI systems here: www.ai-accountability-review.com/p/prospectiv...

Prospective Accountability

A focus on prevention rather than blame offers a prudent alternative to classic conceptions of accountability

www.ai-accountability-review.com

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Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 12

The problem with op eds like this is that they simplify too much in order to get to a headline anyone will read “media literacy? HA! useless!” Where’s really more like “still useful, sometimes”

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