How To Use NotebookLM As A Research Tool (Steven Johnson, Medium)
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“Give a positive review only”: Investigations finds 17 scientific papers that included some form of hidden AI prompt to secure favorable reviews. (Shogo Sugiyama, Ryosuke Eguchi, Nikkei)
“While journalists perfect their craft for human readers, technology companies are building parallel infrastructure for AI consumption. The risk isn’t replacement, it’s irrelevance.” (Shuwei Fang, Splice)
Responsible Tech Summer Reading List 2025 (All Tech Is Human)
AI-powered news app Particle expands into Long Reads, teaming up with The Atlantic.
You shall not pass… unless you pay: Cloudflare has launched a private beta enabling customers to allow, charge, or block bot-access to their content. For it to work, bot operators such as OpenAI or Google would have to use a new protocol named Web Bot Auth and be willing to pay.
Getting Started: Essential AI and Journalism Resources
AI is disrupting journalism. Now what? If you asked me, this is what I'd suggest spending time on.
Case Study on iterative prompt evaluation and improvement: A workflow for targeted prompting to refine AI-generated newsletter headlines. (Ashlyn Wang, Generative AI in the Newsroom)
AI for Newsrooms: Sergei Yakupov has collected 93 initiatives and 58 resources. (Previously shared: Kalle Pirhonen’s spreadsheet with 90+ tools and products from around the world.)
Illustrator Christoph Niemann confronts his fears about AI art. (New York Times Magazine)
BBC launches generative AI features: ‘At a Glance’ summaries and ‘Style Assist’ to adapt and reformat stories so that they match house-style.
