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Meredith Broussard, PhD
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Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. Professor at NYU. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com

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Meredith Broussard is a data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Her research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in journalism. .. more

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 12h
Email me if u want to talk more!

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 13h
I do a physical activity where each sheet of paper is a record, and each student fills out the record and holds it in front so others can see. Then, the students stand together and group and/or sort themselves in response to a kinda-query I shout out. It’s fun.

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 14h
SCOOP: Palantir's AI has been deployed at HHS since last March to audit grants, grant applications, & job descriptions for anything related to "DEI" or "gender ideology"

The goal was to ensure compliance with 2 of Trump's executive orders:
www.wired.com/story/hhs-is...
HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants
Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”
www.wired.com

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Woodrow Hartzog

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h
“The company launched its Search Party feature in September and, despite some misgivings about it being enabled by default (and concerns around privacy and relationships with law enforcement), the company is taking a victory lap with a Super Bowl commercial.”
Now anyone can tap Ring doorbells to search for lost dogs
Ring says Search Party helps find more than one missing pet a day.
www.theverge.com

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1d
Justin Hendrix scrutinized the latest Department of Homeland Security AI use case inventory, which details over 200 applications across DHS component agencies, including CBP and ICE. DHS is rapidly deploying these tools in US cities, while increasingly engaging in violence and defying court orders.
DHS AI Surveillance Arsenal Grows as Agency Defies Courts
A Department of Homeland Security AI inventory contains details on new tools used by ICE and border patrol agents in Trump's deportation campaign.
www.techpolicy.press

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology
George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is the author of the forthcoming book Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
www.techpolicy.press

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 1d
"Our reporters worldwide put their lives on the line to dig up what would otherwise stay buried. It's not a product. It's a public service." www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/fear...
Fearing major layoffs, current and former Posties rally around #SaveThePost campaign
The Washington Post newsroom, whose journalists have continued to deliver essential reporting in an unrelenting news cycle (not to mention one reporter being subject to an FBI raid), is expecting…
www.niemanlab.org

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 1d
I keep meaning to write something like this!

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 1d
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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 2d
Coz I deleted a math class! 🤣

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 2d
Genius
karenhao.bsky.social Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 2d
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Fabián Muniesa

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 2d
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 3d
No lies detected.

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 3d
“The internet has unsorted and disarranged knowledge…& even though it has made…knowledge more accessible than ever before, it has also mixed [it] up with all the other online noise. Books are our best chance of making sense of the information soup in our pockets.”
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Womb and the Web | Los Angeles Review of Books
Isabel Davis considers Amanda Hess’s new book about bringing a baby into a world of smart technology and data harvesting.
lareviewofbooks.org

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 5d
Big Tech and data center developers promise 21st century jobs for de-industrialized Ohio towns. Residents aren't necessarily buying it, citing concerns over energy, the environment, and tax incentives. Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson surveys the state of affairs:
Data Centers, Riches and Rebellion in Big Tech’s Inland Empire
Dean Jackson looks at the politics of data center development across Ohio.
buff.ly

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 5d
Great reporting last year from The Markup and @thecity.nyc themarkup.org/news/2024/03...

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 5d
CASW’s (CASW) Jan 29 event on investigative science reporting will provide all registrants, even those who can’t attend, with a video recording & a tipsheet with resources for journalists.

A must for anyone covering science stories in depth.

Register: https://twp.ai/9PahoN

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, David Murakami Wood

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 5d
Incredible story by @agreenberg.bsky.social, both on the scam compound operation and how he navigated a uniquely difficult and dangerous situation for his source. This one should be required reading for journalism ethics classes: www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com

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Visualising Climate @visualisingclimate.com · 6d
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d
I’ll confess, my initial reaction when stories like this started dribbling out was that the folks described must have had some preexisting issue waiting to be set off by something or other. But the more accumulate, the more it seems like… no, it’s the LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
www.nytimes.com

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 7d
What could possibly go wrong?

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 7d
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 9d
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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 10d
I am offended by that green M&M on the package. She needs to put on some clothes, for heaven’s sake.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d
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Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings
www.theregister.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13d
“Mobile Fortify and ELITE function as one-way systems. Data is captured, retained, and reused, while the costs of error are borne entirely by the individuals subjected to enforcement.”
Data, quotas, and biometric surveillance are reshaping US immigration enforcement | Biometric Update
At the center of this shift is the convergence of two systems that were never designed to operate together on American streets: ICE’s ELITE and Mobile Fortify.
www.biometricupdate.com

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13d
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 13d
"When you hear a billionaire waxing lyrical about space, they are telling you they are afraid of regulations and seek a world without obligations to governments, neighbours or fellow citizens. They want to exit a world of connection and consequences..." by @ethanz.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdfu7f7n
Why tech billionaires dream of servers in the sky
Behind the hopes for artificial general intelligence is the desire for a world without obligations to governments, workers or fellow citizens
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17d
The question isn’t really how this will go off the rails, but rather how many many different kinds of disasters will manifest.