Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiWill “data poisoning” be a particularly dangerous type of computer-made misinformation?Looking at the work of Priyanka Ranade, Dr. Anupam Joshi and Dr. Tim Finin of UMBC5 min read·Jun 16, 2021--1--1
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiCan GPT-3 write misinformation? Yup, it sure canLooking at the “Truth, Lies and Automation” report from Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology7 min read·Jun 3, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiOutlets are trying to “publish less, publish better”Discussing what local news outlets in Europe are doing with Dr. Joy Jenkins.4 min read·May 26, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiCan AI help local news figure itself out?Talking to Paul Cheung of the Knight Foundation about the “present and the potential” of AI for journalism.3 min read·May 19, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiThe social media “prism” and how to build things differentlyI chatted with Prof. Chris Bail about his new book “Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing.”4 min read·May 5, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiBig AIs made with bad dataLooking at the work of MIT’s Curtis Northcutt on large amounts of errors in popular datasets5 min read·Apr 21, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiHow do you teach someone to write in a world of robot authors?Writing, since the Mesopotamians carved cuneiform onto clay, has seen authors use the tools available to them to communicate and express…4 min read·Apr 14, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiLooking for a good time (on page)Where does the time go? It’s a tough one to answer, though over the course of the last year, the response has been easier: time is spent…5 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiMachines Arguing with Humans and IBM’s Project DebaterAt Deepnews we love a good argument. Part of looking for quality writing and reporting is looking for quality arguments, implicit or…5 min read·Mar 31, 2021----
Christopher BrennaninDeepnews.aiWhat do I have to say to get you to subscribe?Speaking to Yujin Kim, of University of Texas at Austin, about her work looking into messages that make people subscribe to newspapers4 min read·Mar 17, 2021----