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Education
fromPR Daily
2 days ago

Why writing skills matter more than AI for the next generation of communicators - PR Daily

Karen Freberg emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and clarity in writing for effective communication in a rapidly changing industry.
Photography
fromThe Phoblographer
2 days ago

Our Staff is All Human. Can Other Publications Say the Same?

Phoblographer aims to reduce reliance on big photo retailers and banner ads by promoting a subscription model for sustainability.
Software development
fromMedium
2 days ago

The Open-Source AI Agent Frameworks That Deserve More Stars on GitHub

Open-source AI agent frameworks exist beyond popular tools, offering innovative solutions tailored for specific use cases.
Marketing tech
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era | TechCrunch

Brett Levenson advocates for 'policy as code' to improve content moderation at Facebook, addressing deeper issues beyond technology.
#open-source
Software development
fromZDNET
5 days ago

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers

AI tools are becoming increasingly useful for open-source maintainers, but legal and quality issues remain.
Node JS
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Feel the burn: Open source developers decide to take a break

Open source culture incentivizes sustained overwork, making developer burnout structural, so intentional rest and balance are necessary for long-term OSS sustainability.
Python
fromThe Hacker News
3 days ago

The State of Trusted Open Source Report

AI is reshaping software development and security, influencing container image usage and vulnerability management.
Software development
fromZDNET
5 days ago

How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers

AI tools are becoming increasingly useful for open-source maintainers, but legal and quality issues remain.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
4 days ago

Github Integrates AI to Improve Accessibility Issue Management and Automate Feedback Triage

GitHub has launched an AI-powered workflow to streamline accessibility feedback into prioritized engineering tasks.
#meta
fromWIRED
2 days ago
Information security

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

fromNieman Lab
1 week ago
Online Community Development

Meta's Oversight Board warns that "Community Notes" aren't a proper substitute for fact-checking globally

Meta's Oversight Board ruled that Community Notes cannot replace its fact-checking program due to significant human rights risks.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
4 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
Information security
fromWIRED
2 days ago

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has paused work with Mercor due to a major security breach affecting data used for AI training.
Online Community Development
fromNieman Lab
1 week ago

Meta's Oversight Board warns that "Community Notes" aren't a proper substitute for fact-checking globally

Meta's Oversight Board ruled that Community Notes cannot replace its fact-checking program due to significant human rights risks.
Social media marketing
fromDigiday
4 days ago

Meta's bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes

Meta's Facebook Creator Fast Track program offers guaranteed payouts to attract creators, despite recent legal challenges regarding user safety.
#openai
fromDefector
2 days ago
Media industry

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI | Defector

Media industry
fromDefector
2 days ago

Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI | Defector

OpenAI acquired the Technology Business Programming Network for hundreds of millions, raising concerns about media independence despite its existing alignment with tech elites.
Media industry
fromWIRED
3 days ago

OpenAI Buys Some Positive News

OpenAI acquired TBPN to enhance its public image and engage in constructive conversations about AI technology.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

Flipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web | TechCrunch

Flipboard launched social websites, enabling creators to consolidate content and build communities around their work on decentralized platforms.
Digital life
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The web can still be wonderful, and Flipboard's Surf proves it

Surf is a new discovery engine that curates content from various platforms, offering a refreshing way to engage with the internet.
fromRubyflow
3 days ago
Ruby on Rails

Internator now runs on OpenCode (bye Codex)

Internator is a Ruby CLI that automates code changes and now operates on OpenCode for enhanced flexibility and efficiency.
#social-media
fromEngadget
3 days ago
Social media marketing

Flipboard's 'social websites' are a new spin on decentralized social media

Social media marketing
fromEngadget
3 days ago

Flipboard's 'social websites' are a new spin on decentralized social media

Flipboard is launching 'social websites' to help publishers and creators engage with decentralized social media.
fromTheregister
3 days ago

Forking frenzy ensues after launch of Euro-Office

Euro-Office is a 'true sovereign office suite' and a 'replacement for Microsoft Office with intuitive interface and strong compatibility.'
European startups
Marketing
fromForbes
4 days ago

The Great Convergence: Why The Creator Economy's Future Belongs To Those Who Unite Social, Brand, And Talent

The entertainment industry is shifting power to creators, with traditional advertising losing relevance as the creator economy rapidly expands.
UX design
fromAzure DevOps Blog
4 days ago

Improving the Markdown Editor for Work Items - Azure DevOps Blog

Markdown editor usability improved by distinguishing between preview and edit modes to enhance user experience.
Web design
fromKDnuggets
4 days ago

7 Essential AI Website Builders: From Prompt to Production - KDnuggets

Artificial intelligence website builders simplify website creation, offering free plans and tailored solutions for various needs.
fromWarpweftandway
5 days ago

Upcoming Collaborative Learning Events

The first event is a roundtable on "Zhuangzi: Fate, Desires, Transformation" on April 6th at 9:00am Beijing time.
Philosophy
Online Community Development
fromNature
6 days ago

A responsible authorship culture is needed - it is a collective responsibility

Responsible authorship culture is essential for scientific integrity, anchored in credit, accountability, and transparency.
fromNature
1 week ago

Now is the time for scientific societies to guide global research

Modern scientific societies are increasingly vulnerable due to their dependence on membership fees and journal subscriptions, which are being challenged by the rise of virtual networking and open-access publishing.
Science
#ai
Privacy technologies
fromMashable
5 days ago

New Bluesky AI only slightly less unpopular than JD Vance

Attie, an AI coding helper on Bluesky, has been blocked by 125,000 users, making it the second most blocked account on the platform.
Artificial intelligence
fromNieman Lab
1 week ago

"I was surprised how upset some people got": A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia

A bot named TomWikiAssist created Wikipedia articles autonomously, alarming human editors who subsequently blocked its contributions.
Privacy technologies
fromMashable
5 days ago

New Bluesky AI only slightly less unpopular than JD Vance

Attie, an AI coding helper on Bluesky, has been blocked by 125,000 users, making it the second most blocked account on the platform.
Artificial intelligence
fromNieman Lab
1 week ago

"I was surprised how upset some people got": A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia

A bot named TomWikiAssist created Wikipedia articles autonomously, alarming human editors who subsequently blocked its contributions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The kindness of strangers: An online forum user shipped me a car radiator, saving me from financial ruin

After worrying that he was somehow trying to scam me, I reluctantly sent him my address. A week later, the radiator arrived on my doorstop. A mate was able to help me install it and bingo the car worked again.
Relationships
Data science
fromInfoWorld
5 days ago

A GitHub tinkerer teaches Claude to talk less, and that may matter more than it seems

A markdown file can significantly reduce AI output token usage, enhancing efficiency without code changes.
Higher education
fromPoynter
5 days ago

Student journalists are often on their own. I built a network to change that. - Poynter

A regional network of student newspapers was created to support collaboration and resource sharing among student-run publications in Philadelphia.
#wikipedia
Artificial intelligence
fromSlate Magazine
4 days ago

One of the Internet's Most Iconic Websites Just Took a Bold Stand. The Rest Should Follow.

Wikipedia has banned all A.I.-generated text from its articles, allowing only limited use for proofreading and translation.
fromFuturism
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Editors Tried and Tried to Work With AI Content, Eventually Realized It Was Total Trash and Banned It Entirely

Media industry
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing | TechCrunch

Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text for article content but allows limited AI use for copyediting with human review.
Artificial intelligence
fromSlate Magazine
4 days ago

One of the Internet's Most Iconic Websites Just Took a Bold Stand. The Rest Should Follow.

Wikipedia has banned all A.I.-generated text from its articles, allowing only limited use for proofreading and translation.
fromFuturism
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Editors Tried and Tried to Work With AI Content, Eventually Realized It Was Total Trash and Banned It Entirely

Media industry
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Wikipedia cracks down on the use of AI in article writing | TechCrunch

Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text for article content but allows limited AI use for copyediting with human review.
Education
fromFuturism
1 day ago

AI Forces College Professor to Get Typewriters for Entire Class

Typewriters in class encourage students to engage more with each other and the learning process, contrasting with modern digital distractions.
Media industry
fromPoynter
2 days ago

Three ways AI is making reliable information harder to find - Poynter

AI is disrupting information consumption, leading to misinformation and challenges in staying informed amidst economic crises and news deserts.
Intellectual property law
fromNature
5 days ago

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?

Artificial intelligence is generating non-existent academic references, leading to hallucinated citations in scholarly publications.
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
Digital life
fromDigiday
6 days ago

In graphic detail: The long road to accountability for social media platforms

Big tech giants are now held accountable for harming children, marking a significant shift in social media regulation.
Software development
fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks

Anthropic's DMCA takedown mistakenly removed legitimate forks of its code, leading to backlash and a request for reinstatement of affected repositories.
#reddit
Education
fromFortune
4 days ago

AI 'slop' is flooding YouTube Kids-and more than 200 groups and experts are calling for a ban | Fortune

Over 200 child advocacy groups demand YouTube ban AI-generated videos, citing their negative impact on children's development and the platform's profit from them.
SF politics
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Does the public comment system have an AI problem?

AI-powered advocacy tools may be generating fake public comments to influence government policy decisions, raising concerns about the authenticity of citizen input in regulatory processes.
Digital life
fromwww.dw.com
6 days ago

The pleasure of books in the digital age

The debate over digital archiving versus physical books highlights the unique engagement and sensory experience that books provide in a digital age.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
6 days ago

Critical Vulnerability in OpenAI Codex Allowed GitHub Token Compromise

OAuth tokens pose significant security risks, especially when long-lived, as they can lead to widespread breaches across multiple organizations.
Media industry
fromFast Company
3 days ago

How AI agents are changing journalism

Working agentically with AI tools significantly enhances productivity and shifts focus from task execution to outcome management.
fromFast Company
4 days ago

YouTube blasted by hundreds of experts over 'AI slop' videos served up to kids

"This 'AI slop' harms children's development by distorting their sense of reality, overwhelming their learning processes and hijacking their attention, thereby extending time online and displacing offline activities necessary for their healthy development."
Education
Digital life
fromAnildash
1 week ago

Endgame for the Open Web - Anil Dash

The open web is under significant threat from Big Tech, risking its foundational principles of accessibility and independence.
Media industry
fromPoynter
3 days ago

An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists' work - Poynter

Nota is shutting down its local news sites due to multiple instances of plagiarism in its articles.
Web frameworks
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

My 8-Year-Old Open-Source Project was a Victim of a Major Cyber Attack

A popular open-source project fell victim to a supply-chain attack through a development workflow loophole, threatening years of work and project reputation.
#ai-in-open-source
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers

AI can benefit open source when properly applied for security analysis, but causes harm when generating low-quality automated bug reports that overwhelm maintainers with false positives.
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers

AI can benefit open source when properly applied for security analysis, but causes harm when generating low-quality automated bug reports that overwhelm maintainers with false positives.
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers

Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago

Why AI is both a curse and a blessing to open-source software - according to developers

AI can benefit open source when properly applied for security analysis, but causes harm when generating low-quality automated bug reports that overwhelm maintainers with false positives.
Media industry
fromTheWrap
4 days ago

Creatorverse: Meta and Google's Child Safety Cases Will Impact Creators

Meta and Google face significant legal rulings regarding child safety on social media, prompting potential design changes and impacting the creator economy.
Python
fromDEV Community
2 weeks ago

I Analyzed the Readability of 10 Popular Developer Documentation Sites

Readability of developer documentation is crucial; many popular docs score below standard readability levels.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
4 days ago

Three newsletters for the price of 1.5: Independent journalists experiment with a bundle

Bundling independent journalism subscriptions can reduce costs for readers and support multiple writers effectively.
Software development
fromDEV Community
5 days ago

From Maintaining Open Source Libraries to Building an AI-Powered Tools OS with Rust and WebAssembly

Kitmul evolved from a modest project to a platform offering over 300 tools, leveraging AI to enhance development speed and user accessibility.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp | TechCrunch

Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to attract mainstream users and simplify the platform's usability.
Media industry
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

How Publishers are Balancing AI Fear with Opportunity

The publishing industry is navigating AI adoption with a focus on innovation while maintaining quality and ethical standards.
Miscellaneous
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Open source package repositories face sustainability crisis

Open source repositories face unsustainable demand from companies misusing them as CDNs, prompting consideration of tiered payment systems where heavy users pay while individual developers remain free.
#open-source-funding
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Non-profit organizations

A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source's funding problem, permanently | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Non-profit organizations

A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source's funding problem, permanently | TechCrunch

#wikimedia-enterprise
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month ago

The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook how it works in practice. To mark its 30th anniversary, EFF is interviewing leaders of online platforms about how they handle complaints, moderate content, and protect their users' ability to speak and share information.
Law
US news
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

A scrappy story-sharing tool with local newsroom DNA gains traction

Plucky Wire provides a simple platform enabling local news organizations to find and share republishable stories, reducing costs and easing collaboration across publishers.
US politics
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

X's half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn't block free image editing

Democratic senators demand Apple and Google remove X and Grok from app stores until safeguards prevent harmful and sexualized outputs.
Software development
fromMedium
1 month ago

When anyone can build anything

AI code generation dramatically accelerates development speed, but removing resource constraints may lead to building more software without ensuring it's better or more valuable.
Software development
fromEngadget
2 months ago

A developer turned Wikipedia into a social media-style feed

Xikipedia displays Simple English Wikipedia entries in a social-feed style, personalizing locally without collecting data to offer a less negative browsing alternative.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again

Reader comment sections are resurging as publishers reinvest in moderated, subscriber-gated or automated-comment systems to drive engagement and revenue.
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Six more AI outfits sign for Wikimedia's fastest APIs

The org revealed the new partnerships in a post celebrating its 25th birthday, and which points out it is among the world's ten most-visited websites, and the only one to be run by a nonprofit. The post notes that 250,000 editors work on at least one Wikipedia article each month, and that editors make 324 changes each minute as they contribute to the 65 million-plus articles the site contains. 1.5 billion unique devices reach Wikipedia each month.
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Open source maintainers are being targeted by AI agent as part of 'reputation farming'

The important shift is that software contribution itself is becoming programmable,
Artificial intelligence
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