We’ve added a ton of new entries to our AI tracker in the last week, including a “mega yassified image” of a Tijuana congressional candidate restofworld.org/2024/elections…

Probably my favorite use of AI in the tracker so far — I want this for myself

We also received two regional Honorable Mentions for “The race to put Indigenous land on the map,” reported by Liani MK, with editing by Vicki Turk and photos by Muhammad Fadli: Excellence in Reporting on the Environment and Excellence in Photography restofworld.org/2023/indigenou…

Career update! After a decade as an editor at the best tech publications, I've taken the leap to go freelance and focus on reporting and writing my own stories. Editors: You can expect to see pitches from me soon 🤓 Meanwhile, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Delighted to see this story on AI image stereotypes listed as a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards, under reporting on race, ethnicity, gender, and identity! restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-…

"The misguided attempt to welcome guests with branded lampshade-wearing hostesses was not consistent with our values.” theregister.com/2024/08/14/pal…

Wow!!! Our back to back data investigations into Generative AI Bias won Online News Association for Excellence in Technology Reporting 🙏 an honor to work and learn from the incredibly talented Davey Alba Dina Bass Leon Yin Chloe Whiteaker Seth Fiegerman Sarah Frier and Jillian Ward ⬇️

Incredible news! Huge congrats to Vicki Turk on this remarkable piece. And to the entire Rest of World team that made this look incredible, and reach so many readers. Check it out here: restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-…

It's an honor to be recognized for our reporting on bias in generative AI systems, which have already made their way into countless industries around the world. Grateful to be working with such a dream team at Bloomberg Technology ❣️

So happy to see this story I wrote about AI image stereotypes win an Online Journalism Award! This was a fantastic effort by the whole Rest of World team and I've been thrilled to see it resonate so much with readers globally

Oh my god, it never occurred to me that “rickrolling is deeply embedded in the training set for every LLM” is a legitimate problem that is going to make many AI teams lives miserable lmao.

Inspired decision by iPlayer to just smoosh together the BBC News snippets on the London Zoo weigh-in into one 18-min programme bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Please come work with my team! We are hiring restofworld.org/about/hiring/s…

Have been cavorting in a swamp this past week, so only just discovered this *all time* NYT on Britain headline

This is going to be a very exciting project delivering AI innovation around the world - please share!

🚨Freelance journos!🚨 I'm looking for some science writers for a project... Must have experience in health reporting. Sound like you? Drop me a line

ok I underestimated how many super smart sciencey folk would see this 😅 I've reached out to some people who may be particularly suited to the specific thing I'm working on right now, sorry if I can't reply to you all!!

I asked Google's Gemini chatbot what stories were in the FT. It gave me answers for "November 28, 2024", which turned out to be mainly from December 2023, and then linked to a couple of other newspaper websites.

🚨🚨JOB POST🚨 🚨 Thrilled to share that Rest of World is leaning even further into covering labor! Seeking a 1-year labor editor to helm coverage of how tech is changing the nature of work globally. We encourage candidates from around the world! restofworld.org/about/hiring/l…

"Hand-wringing about the possibility that AI developers will lose control of their creation distracts from the more plausible scenario that they’ll use it as planned."