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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19h

How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19h

Write a bad review of Taylor Swift and get death threats: Inside the fan backlash facing critics in the digital age reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/write-b...

Write a bad review of Taylor Swift and get death threats: Inside the fan backlash facing critics in the digital age

Five music journalists explain how they do their job in an environment where criticising a superstar might get them doxxed, bullied or harassed.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19h

The generative AI wave isn’t coming — it’s already here, and it’s reshaping how the public finds information. 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."

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19h

Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/watc...

Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre

With past journalistic stints at both Sports Illustrated and ESPN, Torre is not exactly a pure outsider. Yet he’s far from a household name, with fewer than 200,000 podcast subscribers.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 3d

Google is abruptly changing the game for journalism — again www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

A tiny new button in your search bar could kill the open web

The launch of 'AI Mode' ushers in a future where news sites are kept alive to train AI chatbots for a US tech company.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 3d

Vladimir Putin is fearful the return of his convict army could destabilise Russian society, sources say www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Russia's 180,000 convict soldiers are causing concern for Putin

The Russian president views the prospect of an army returning en masse as a potential risk he wants carefully managed to avoid destabilising society, three sources close to the Kremlin said.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 3d

Google AI Mode arrives to upend Australian publishers mumbrella.com.au/google-ai-mo...

Google AI Mode arrives to upend Australian publishers

Google has launched AI Mode in Australia, a complete overhaul of the search experience that many publishers fear will lead to the end of the search referrals that drive much of their traffic.AI Mode i...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 3d

"AI will create a new digital universe, and this moment provides the opportunity to learn the lessons of the past and design a new relationship between technology and society, that works in ethical and equitable ways." mumbrella.com.au/newscorps-mi...

Newscorp's Michael Miller on 'the Big Steal'

Welcome, and thank you to the Melbourne Press Club for hosting me today.I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet: the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin N...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 5d

How Google's AI Overviews are affecting Australian news websites www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Telcos face surprise 'stress test' within weeks as Optus fallout continues

The adequacy of Australia's emergency call network will be stress tested with a surprise drill ahead of bushfire season, as the opposition ramps up its assault over the communication minister's handli...

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Marc Hurwitz @marchurboston.bsky.social · 17d

“Come over to the Bluesky app, we'll get together, have a few laughs”

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure

Russia denies involvement after Copenhagen and Oslo airports forced to close after drone sightings

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

Could artificial intelligence and a universal basic income eliminate 'meaningless jobs'? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Money for everyone an option as AI opens the door for basic income

COVID showed just how "fragile" our economic security is. As artificial intelligence potentially takes jobs from humans, a universal basic income might be a solution.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers

Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp’s ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

'Looks like a toy, but it's real': BBC examines a downed Russian drone www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

'Looks like a toy, but it's real': BBC examines a downed Russian drone

Drones like this one were shot down over Polish airspace in the early hours of Wednesday.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

'You just can't recreate that glow': The people who hunt old TVs www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'You just can't recreate that glow': The people who hunt old TVs

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

Is artificial intelligence overhyped or is AI the 'fourth industrial revolution'? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

AI is 'coming at us fast'. But what exactly is it being used for right now?

It's estimated 30,000 people are working in the AI industry in Australia, and fanfare is growing with start-ups tapping into billions of dollars of venture capital. Yet there are concerns about hype a...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 19d

China has a 'chokehold' on the rare earth supply chain. Could Australia offer an alternative? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

This $1bn stockpile could be the key to breaking China's grip on rare earths

Rare earths are critical for manufacturing everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines and defence equipment, and with China's dominance over the supply chain, they have also become inextricabl...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 24d

Ukraine could face waves of 2,000 drones as Russia ramps up mass production www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Hundreds of drones swarm Ukraine nightly. Soon there could be thousands

Ukraine is struggling to defend against growing drone attacks, and with Russia's mass production factories in full-swing there are fears thousands will soon be launched in a single night.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 24d

AI-generated minister addresses Albanian parliament for first time www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

AI-generated minister addresses Albanian parliament for first time

The world's first AI government minister was appointed last week by Albania's prime minister to oversee decisions on public tenders and to ease voter concerns about corruption.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 24d

"Journalistic restraint still matters. Someone has to decide what should be witnessed and what scars can be spared." www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 25d

It’s ‘do or die’ for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant apnews.com/article/rivi...

It's 'do or die' for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant

Rivian Automotive is starting to build a long-delayed electric vehicle plant in Georgia, despite tough challenges in the U.S. market.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 25d

“Our country is being digitally mediated. Where we interact with other people, how we interact with broader society, that is more and more happening over feed algorithms. This is the most recent in a long line of ways that society has been changed by media technology.” apnews.com/article/soci...

Social media has us in its grip and won't let go. The Charlie Kirk killing is a case study

Charlie Kirk's mastery of social media was key to his becoming a force in conservative politics. The extent to which Kirk's killing and its aftermath have played out on those forums shouldn't come as ...

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 25d

"TV journalists and their politician guests have taken to the airwaves to somberly opine about how the internet is driving us apart—a true statement (see above), but one so tritely oversimplified as to be utterly useless." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Alan Berg and Charlie Kirk: The long string of anti-media violence in America.

The long string of anti-media violence in America.

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 25d

Were protests against a social media ban dystopian, utopian, or something more complicated? www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Discord in Nepal

Were protests against a social media ban dystopian, utopian, or something more complicated?

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Sean Maynard @seanmaynard.bsky.social · 26d

you write incredibly well and i know you'll be just fine blazing your own trail. Keep going!