Author ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR | NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, HKS Independent Media program| Founder, Proof News, The Markup
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Julia Angwin retweeted
How do you defy an authoritarian in an age of fear?
This Wednesday at 5 PM PT, Patt Morrison interviews Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer on the lessons learned from 100 global dissidents featured in their new book, "On Courage."
🗓️ Wednesday June 3rd, 5 PM PT
🎟️ Register here: jewsunitedfordemocracy.org/b…
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The tide is turning. The dollar amount in this lawsuit- $6 million - is low, but the implications are massive.
Tech companies are finally being held liable for designing harmful products. My latest for @nytopinion (gift link) on why this win matters.
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Mar 24
Just got my hands on the first early copies of my forthcoming book with Ami Fields-Meyer -- On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear!
AND this week Barnes & Noble is running a pre-oder sale March 24-26. Use code PREORDER25 for 25% off!
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Julia Angwin retweeted
Mar 13
We are proud to represent the brilliant & funny .@JuliaAngwin in a nationwide class action over Grammarly’s AI Expert Review tool that used many writers’ names w/out their consent. Please take a moment to hear Julia’s perspective.
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12 Apr 2025
Courage is contagious. But how do we catch it?
For months, Ami Fields-Meyer and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism.
We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage.
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Julia Angwin retweeted
19 Dec 2024
This is a very smart paper; I cringe when journalists refer to audience engagement as *promotion*!as I see it as trust-building and public service.
9 Dec 2024
The key finding of my comparison of how journalists & creators build trust with audiences:
Journalism has placed many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators embed the markers of trust directly in interactions with audiences.
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Julia Angwin retweeted
12 Dec 2024
Journalists place “many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators try to embed the markers of trust directly in their interactions with audiences.”- @JuliaAngwin “journalists assume their audiences trust them, and creators do not.”
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9 Dec 2024
The key finding of my comparison of how journalists & creators build trust with audiences:
Journalism has placed many markers of trust in institutional processes that are opaque to audiences, while creators embed the markers of trust directly in interactions with audiences.
9 Dec 2024
With trust in traditional media at an all-time low, a new paper from Shorenstein Fellow @JuliaAngwin examines what content creators — currently engaged in journalist-style work & courting large, loyal audiences — can teach journalists about trustworthiness loom.ly/90Ja7CM
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6 Dec 2024
Final installment in our three-part series on the climate costs of AI. Come to watch @A_W_Gordon ham it up pouring out water bottles, but stay to grapple with the brutal realities of climate mitigations where you can maybe save water or carbon, but it's really hard to save both.
6 Dec 2024
You may have heard that having a conversation with ChatGPT is the climate equivalent of pouring out a bottle of water. In fact, that is likely an underestimate.
In the 3rd installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we tackle thirsty AI.
youtube.com/watch?v=s67L2otH…
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Julia Angwin retweeted
6 Dec 2024
You may have heard that having a conversation with ChatGPT is the climate equivalent of pouring out a bottle of water. In fact, that is likely an underestimate.
In the 3rd installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we tackle thirsty AI.
youtube.com/watch?v=s67L2otH…
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5 Dec 2024
Second part of our three-part series on the climate impacts of AI just dropped! 👇🏻
5 Dec 2024
What is the carbon cost of using an AI bot? The companies stopped disclosing it in 2022.
In the latest installment in our series on the climate costs of AI, we estimate a year of ChatGPT use may emit the same amount of CO2 as driving 2 million miles.
youtube.com/watch?v=yekAtc4e…
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4 Dec 2024
First installment of our 3-part series on the climate impacts of AI just dropped on YouTube. 👇🏻
4 Dec 2024
Since 2017, electricity consumption at the biggest AI makers has soared:
186% at Google
186% at Microsoft
367% at Meta
The reason: AI.
@A_W_Gordon stars in the first episode of our new YouTube series on the climate impacts of AI.
youtube.com/watch?v=jFd0QUOU…
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3 Dec 2024
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3 Dec 2024
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3 Dec 2024
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3 Dec 2024
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20 Nov 2024
How the right bullied social media companies into opening the floodgates for lies during this election — my latest for New York Times Opinion (gift link).
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9 Nov 2024
This event is back on! We had to reschedule last month. My list of questions is going to be different now!!
9 Nov 2024
Will #AI help humanity or harm it? @GaryMarcus, the author of "Taming Silicon Valley," has sounded the alarm over Big Tech's role in the future of AI. On November 12th at 7 p.m., join a hybrid event with Marcus and @JuliaAngwin @nypl.
Link to register👇 on.nypl.org/4frZZPI
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Julia Angwin retweeted
8 Nov 2024
In our latest testing, the AI chatbots were pretty decent at detecting and debunking known vote count misinformation. With one notable – and surprising – exception: ChatGPT.
proofnews.org/whats-up-with-…
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Julia Angwin retweeted
1 Nov 2024
New video: Computation Journalism Symposium Keynote: Julia Angwin - Journalism in the Age of AI youtu.be/wS1V-wYDkX0?si=7Ahv… cc @JuliaAngwin @ndiakopoulos @rahulbot @davidlazer @Bahareh360 @Northeastern @storybench
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31 Oct 2024
Thank you @garanceburke for highlighting the findings of our @proof__news @factchequeado @alondra investigation of the poor performance of AI models in answering voter queries in Spanish.
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