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How lessons learned from journalism's partnerships with tech companies like Google, Meta and Twitter that can inform successful collaborations with AI companies today.
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How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself
And what this might mean for news publishers
Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite an entirely new platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that
How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself
And what this might mean for news publishers
Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite their own platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that seemed
Highlights from AI x Journalism House at SXSW 2024
By Burt Herman / March 20, 2024
What will an AI-influenced information ecosystem look like in five years?
What will an AI-influenced information ecosystem look like in five years, and how can journalism as a discipline better work with large language models and other powerful technologies? What role should journalism play
Building tools for journalism and civic information by prototyping with open source AI
By Burt Herman / April 17, 2024
Updates from the open source AI hackathon
More than 100 journalists, coders, and product designers spent a weekend together in New York earlier in April to participate in the first of a series of hackathons convened designed to push the limits of the technology
Hackathon Tips
After 15 years of running hackathons, here are some of our advice and best practices:
Decisions, Decisions!
* Pick a theme. Mobile, New York City, geolocation? The more narrow a theme, the smaller a crowd you will likely attract. But you might be okay with that, because they will be focused.
Advancing media innovation and fostering public trust
Since 2009, Hacks/Hackers has united diverse communities to advance media innovation and foster public trust in the information ecosystem.
We do this by:
Convening hackathons, ideathons, and workshops that bring together talent from diverse backgrounds, including journalism, technology and academia to ideate and innovate.
Incubating innovation in media, and