Alex Mahadevan
@AlexMahadevan
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Director of @mediawise and faculty @poynter. Sometimes data journalist. https://t.co/K68NSp4hvT
Joined May 2012
RT @stuartathompson: check out my new AI quiz and try so spot which TALKING videos are AI or not
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In this quiz, you can guess whether these videos were made by A.I.
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✅ Not transparent.✅ Can’t catch AI slop. How you gonna copy Birdwatch but without any of the good stuff lol.
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I’ve always said @CommunityNotes is great at flagging AI slop, especially if it’s not political. If Meta’s Community Notes can’t get a stable note attached to this slam dunk post then I’d say the system is an absolute fail.
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Someone is melting down about not being able to post harmful health misinformation and blaming @CommunityNotes. Seemingly unaware that when multiple people Google sources to debunk misinformation — they'll GET THE SAME SOURCES. CN for the win here.
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The one-and-only @KatieLSanders highlights the Pope's views on media literacy, misinformation — and how he became the target of consequential falsehoods. Including the "Pope in a puffer" GenAI image, which ushered in the era of AI slop in which we live.
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Pope Francis defended the importance of truth and media literacy against "fake news" but misinformation found him, from a viral fake endorsement of Trump in 2016 to the 2023 puffer coat image made...
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RT @drewharwell: New: Here's a chart of the top conservative / progressive accounts on X. See that small blue dot at the top? That's @Acyn.….
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RT @LocalNewsIni: As TikTok follows X and Meta into a "community notes"-style form of fact-checking, @Poynter's @itsren talks with @AlexMah….
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As social media platforms turn to community notes and nix or limit the use of fact-checkers, user data illuminates and interesting dynamic.
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We believe that authenticity is the foundation of trust, and we’re committed to maintaining the integrity of our platform by promoting authentic engagement and minimizing the influence of fake, deceptive, or coordinated inauthentic activity. This is why we don’t just address.
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TikTok is the latest social platform to hop on the @CommunityNotes bandwagon and implement crowdsourced fact-checking. They're keeping pro fact-checkers in the loop, and using the same bridging algorithm:
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The social media platform joins X, Meta and YouTube in big tech’s push toward crowdsourced fact-checking
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I actually wondered when this would happen after Sora launched and you could see what people were making.
SCOOP: OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While the project is still in early stages, we’re told there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that has a social feed.
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Such a giant baby. LIV Golf incarnate. Could not be happier today.
After Tiger won in 2019, Finau joked that he realized it wasn’t gonna be a chatty day when he asked Tiger how his kids were and got a one-word answer: “good.”. My humble opinion is that I think you’re allowed to focus on winning the Masters on Sunday.
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RT @mediagazer: A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe out….
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Alex Mahadevan / Poynter: A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe outlets often use AI to write articles
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RT @KatieLSanders: Nearly half of Americans say they don’t want news from generative artificial intelligence, according to a wide-ranging s….
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Wide-ranging research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota sheds light on how people feel about AI in journalism. It’s not pretty.
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Rarely find myself on this sit much. But this might be the coolest thing I have ever seen someone build.
Rebuilt MTV's Total Request Live for the modern age. 24/7 viewer-controlled livestream w/a community chat. Perfect for spaces needing background music, for people to gather virtually to discover new bands together, etc. watch. chat.
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I know I have my criticisms, but I am always impressed with @kcoleman, @_jaybaxter_ and other's work on this product. Seems small, but this is a HUGE improvement for information integrity. Bad actors like to screenshot unpublished notes to act like they're rated helpful.
New iOS update: Proposed note previews (visible only to contributors to gather ratings) are now more visually distinct from notes shown across X. Matches Android and web design, with a small wording change on all platforms. Designed to help clarify what you’re seeing. As always,
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hell yeah.
@redvik124 @redvik124 Here are some X accounts known for neutral political analysis on world politics: @Natesilver538 (data-driven forecasts), @FiveThirtyEight (empirical insights), @politifact (fact-checking), @CookPolitical (election analysis), @amyewalter (balanced commentary), and.
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Regular reminder that crowdsourced fact-checking is only as effective as a platform wants it to be. And, as I've said, addressing misinformation doesn't seem high on Zuck's list of priorities.
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X’s Community Notes is not the success that tech leaders want you to believe. And a similar system won’t stop misinformation on Facebook.
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RT @KatieLSanders: New: @factchecknet condemns raid on CRTA, home of Istinomer fact-checkers, in Serbia. Serbian authorities premised the r….
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From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their...
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