Data Journalism Prof. @ Columbia University and Deputy Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism.https://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3mu3ofntfas2tPolymarket's AI-generated news summaries are full of errors, from misrepresentations and misattribution of news to outright fabricated references to nonexistent news stories, @towcenter.bsky.social finds. https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/polymarkets-ai-is-feeding-users-fabricated-information.php27 Aug 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ofntfas2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3mhxrfid5vs27“News” accounts tied to betting markets are filling a demand for breaking news on X with false, misleading and unattributed claims. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social. Read more: https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/polymarket-affiliates-are-spreading-misinformation-on-x.php26 Mar 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxrfid5vs27https://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3meok7v5tj22sSo...Grok is editing Grok to make Grokipedia Until recently, Grok was the "editor" of Grokipedia, but most of the edits were submitted by users. Now, most of the proposed edits are initiated by Grok. New analysis by @cj-robinson.bsky.social at @towcenter.bsky.social https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/grok-is-now-editing-itself-ai-x-twitter-elon-musk-xai-chatbot.php12 Feb 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meok7v5tj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3lxdkmhijus2mCan AI tools fact-check images? The Tow Center tested 10 images, asking AI tools to: 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 and identify its 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, and 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. Results were...well, there's a lot of red on this chart. Read the research here: https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/why-ai-models-are-bad-at-verifying-photos.php26 Aug 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdkmhijus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3ljvgr6b63s2y“AI search” has a citation problem. Latest from @towcenter.bsky.social https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php08 Mar 2025 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvgr6b63s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3ljqn4xydzs2lUsing AI search tools for research? Tow Center asked 8 AI search tools to find the source of excerpts from news articles (something Google search does pretty well). They often cited the wrong sources with confidence. Find @aisvarya17.bsky.social at #NICAR25 to hear more. 🧵Thread w/ findings below👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2025 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqn4xydzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3ljqbhrpt6c2eAre you using Generative AI tools as your search engine? @towcenter.bsky.social ran a test to see how often they cite news articles correctly given direct quotes from them. Results are troubling. https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php Great work by @aisvarya17.bsky.social and @klaudia.bsky.social06 Mar 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqbhrpt6c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dmil.bsky.social/post/3ljpsiipz5c2fHello #NICAR25! Are you an educator who is bringing students to NICAR? Sign them up for the NICAR Scavenger Hunt! nicarscavengerhunt.com Students interview working journalists about things they’re learning in your class and you get new example stories related to your course content. Yay! https://nicarscavengerhunt.com/06 Mar 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:6afod7psaxiohor6dbernvnn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpsiipz5c2f