Julia Angwin
@JuliaAngwin
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Investigative journalist. Founder, @proof__news, @NYTOpinion writer. Founded @themarkup. Priors @ProPublica @WSJ. Author: Dragnet Nation, Stealing MySpace.
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Joined October 2008
Courage is contagious. But how do we catch it? For months, Ami Fields-Meyer and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism. We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage. https://t.co/rL5j7LPcIy
newyorker.com
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
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This is a very smart paper; I cringe when journalists refer to audience engagement as *promotion*!as I see it as trust-building and public service.
The key finding of my comparison of how journalists & creators build trust with audiences: Journalism has placed many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators embed the markers of trust directly in interactions with audiences.
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Journalists place “many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators try to embed the markers of trust directly in their interactions with audiences.”- @JuliaAngwin “journalists assume their audiences trust them, and creators do not.”
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The key finding of my comparison of how journalists & creators build trust with audiences: Journalism has placed many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators embed the markers of trust directly in interactions with audiences.
With trust in traditional media at an all-time low, a new paper from Shorenstein Fellow @JuliaAngwin examines what content creators — currently engaged in journalist-style work & courting large, loyal audiences — can teach journalists about trustworthiness https://t.co/vdys1pQmlT
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Final installment in our three-part series on the climate costs of AI. Come to watch @A_W_Gordon ham it up pouring out water bottles, but stay to grapple with the brutal realities of climate mitigations where you can maybe save water or carbon, but it's really hard to save both.
You may have heard that having a conversation with ChatGPT is the climate equivalent of pouring out a bottle of water. In fact, that is likely an underestimate. In the 3rd installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we tackle thirsty AI. https://t.co/00rPYwaTjt
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You may have heard that having a conversation with ChatGPT is the climate equivalent of pouring out a bottle of water. In fact, that is likely an underestimate. In the 3rd installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we tackle thirsty AI. https://t.co/00rPYwaTjt
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Second part of our three-part series on the climate impacts of AI just dropped! 👇🏻
What is the carbon cost of using an AI bot? The companies stopped disclosing it in 2022. In the latest installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we estimate a year of ChatGPT use may emit the same amount of CO2 as driving 2 million miles. https://t.co/gI4EjZ5XB1
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First installment of our 3-part series on the climate impacts of AI just dropped on YouTube. 👇🏻
Since 2017, electricity consumption at the biggest AI makers has soared: 186% at Google 186% at Microsoft 367% at Meta The reason: AI. @A_W_Gordon stars in the first episode of our new YouTube series on the climate impacts of AI. https://t.co/9IuLkv5sIj
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At @proof__news, we are betting on: * Rigorous methods * Radical transparency * Reaching audiences where they are Joining Nebula, the largest indie streaming platform that hand curates its list of high quality content creators, perfectly aligns with our values.
We are thrilled to announce that Proof News is joining Nebula – the independent creator-led video streaming platform. Our video investigations will appear on Nebula as well as on the corporate-owned platforms. An indie newsroom + indie platform = stronger together!
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Honored to be on @DuckDuckGo's list of annual donations. Please join them in helping to support our mission! https://t.co/ExPMgdOyC8
proofnews.org
Your support enables Proof to pursue rigorous data-driven reporting and analysis of the most important questions of our time. Proof’s approach to questioning, testing, and investigating ensures that...
Proof News is an independent nonprofit newsroom. We do rigorous investigations of the most powerful companies in the world. We have no corporate overlords. We have no ads and no 3rd-party trackers. We are honored that @DuckDuckGo chose us as one of their annual donations!
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How the right bullied social media companies into opening the floodgates for lies during this election — my latest for New York Times Opinion (gift link). https://t.co/EOLEgVsI7A
nytimes.com
Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading social media platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda.
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This event is back on! We had to reschedule last month. My list of questions is going to be different now!!
Will #AI help humanity or harm it? @GaryMarcus, the author of "Taming Silicon Valley," has sounded the alarm over Big Tech's role in the future of AI. On November 12th at 7 p.m., join a hybrid event with Marcus and @JuliaAngwin @nypl. Link to register👇
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In our latest testing, the AI chatbots were pretty decent at detecting and debunking known vote count misinformation. With one notable – and surprising – exception: ChatGPT. https://t.co/9MPLAPFeGg
proofnews.org
Proof News presented examples of debunked election misinformation to five leading consumer facing AI products.
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New video: Computation + Journalism Symposium Keynote: Julia Angwin - Journalism in the Age of AI https://t.co/g1XydV1LvK cc @JuliaAngwin @ndiakopoulos @rahulbot @davidlazer @Bahareh360 @Northeastern @storybench
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Thank you @garanceburke for highlighting the findings of our @proof__news @factchequeado @alondra investigation of the poor performance of AI models in answering voter queries in Spanish. https://t.co/enXpj6iXH0
apnews.com
With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots...
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We've lost control of our social media feeds. As our legal system takes notice, @JuliaAngwin sees a silver lining: the potential to "finally force social media platforms to be answerable for the societal consequences of their choices."
nytimes.com
A case involving TikTok may have opened the door to holding platforms liable for the damage they cause.
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Great news today from @CFPB requiring companies to give workers rights to see and dispute the assessments by surveillance and scoring systems. https://t.co/XMY1Oif7H9 I first called for algorithmic due process in 2016!
consumerfinance.gov
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to protect workers from unchecked digital tracking and opaque decision-making systems.
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Join a discussion of encryption here on X Spaces later today 👇🏻
Monday October 21 is global encyrption day. It's a good day to download the gold standard of encryption -- @signalapp messenger -- if you don't already use it. And please join me for a chat about the importance of encryption for journalists 👇🏻
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