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.@Turnitin is a longtime leader in the plagiarism- detection market. In 2023, it released a new tool within six months of ChatGPT’s debut to identify AI-generated writing in students’ assignments.
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Nevada's state-run health care website, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, has been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to platforms like Google and Snapchat.
It's not alone.
Via @themarkup and @CalMatters
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According to documents obtained by @themarkup, the AI-powered system uses 279 variables to score families for risk. Some factors might be expected. Other factors used by the algorithm are largely out of a caretaker’s control, and align with socioeconomics.
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Some newsrooms are extremely open about corrections, standards and methodologies as a way to restore trust. Is this approach working?
We spoke to editors at @bellingcat @civio @themarkup @Aftonbladet and @TangleNews for this new piece
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The website that lets Californians shop for insurance under the ACA has been sending sensitive data to LinkedIn, testing by @themarkup revealed. As visitors filled out forms on the website trackers told LinkedIn their answers to questions.
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Produced in partnership with the @pulitzercenter's AI Accountability Network & @themarkup, The Dating App Reporting Project, conducted an 18-month investigation into the mechanisms meant to keep people safe on dating apps — and found them wanting.
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How can we measure the impact of journalism?
Pulitzer Center’s @florapereira will be leading a conversation at the @journalismfest in Perugia, Italy, with experts @simonajaz, @aibenzinha, @sisiwei, and @sdp on reporting for change. #ijf25
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ALT What Is the Impact of Journalism and How To Measure It - Friday, April 11, 15:00 - Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia, Italy - Jazmin Acuña - Marina Dias - Sameer Padania - Flora Pereira - Sisi Wei
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📢 Our own @RikkeBjerg was interviewed for @themarkup discussing her co-led Social Foundations of Cryptography project (for more on this, see here: social-foundations-of-crypto…) and her academic journey.
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Steven Matthews was first reported for rape to Hinge in 2020. Only his arrest, in 2023, got him off the apps.
AI Fellow @eedugdale & Hanisha Harjani reveal why this happened in this report for @themarkup, @guardian & The 19th News! pulitzercenter.org/stories/d…
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📣 CalMatters is looking for a dynamic, experienced political editor who can capture the unique politics of this diverse state. More info: calmatters.org/about/jobs/po…
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Viet Fact Check and our colleagues @lamthuyvo, @themarkup, and Bùi Như Mai of the Nguoi Viet Channel just won the 2024 Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism! Congratulations to Lam, Mai, The Markup, and our team at VFC!
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Words are failing me right now. Every time I think about how meaningful this is to us, my heart feels so full that it could burst. I’ll have more to say soon. Until then:
Thank you @ONA for seeing us, seeing our work, and seeing the impact of our actionable journalism.
WINNER! General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Newsroom: @themarkup — challenging technology to serve the public good and giving people control over the technology affecting their lives. awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA24
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After I shared my critical narrative AI Policy, @themarkup reached out for an interview. I really enjoyed talking to Tomas Apodaca about ChatGPT opening up class discussions of cheap labor & cheap nature & cheap education - without ever feeding the beast.
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This is the first time @themarkup has won this general excellence award. It's been exciting to see it become so cohesive as a publication and to be part of a team that is incredibly energetic and creative in finding new ways to connect with readers. xitter.cf/ONA/status/18371909439…
WINNER! General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Newsroom: @themarkup — challenging technology to serve the public good and giving people control over the technology affecting their lives. awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA24
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.@themarkup's investigative series on internet censorship in schools, “Digital Book Banning,” won an Excellence in Technology Reporting Award.
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Sisi Wei, Chief Impact Officer at @CalMatters and @themarkup, won the Leadership in Diversity and Solidarity Award.
@themarkup's Lam Thuy Vo won the inaugural Medill Innovator Award and was honored for “Languages of Misinformation."
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WINNER! Excellence in Technology Reporting, Small Newsroom: Digital Book Banning by @themarkup awards.journalists.org/entri… #OJA24
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The sprawling California legislation offers protection to whistleblowers and citizens. The coming weeks could decide its fate. cal.news/3yqiZOJ
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Four years after the reform, an analysis by @themarkup and @media_outlier shows loopholes in the legislation continue to allow insurers to make location play an outsize role in what Michiganders pay—with Black people particularly penalized.
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The analysis shows that for every one of the state’s largest insurers evaluated, most Black Michiganders’ premiums were dramatically adjusted upward based on where they lived. Amanda Nothaft, PS director of data and evaluation joins the conversation: myumi.ch/ny25A