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Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

X’s Community Notes had a marginal, if any, impact on the election

Our analysis of the 3,637 notes from Election Day shows that users found the platform’s lonely moderation instrument to be mostly unhelpful
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The New York Times is wheeling out its Needle election predictor — probably

The Times plans to roll out the widely ridiculed and misunderstood predictive tool, but only if it can overcome glitches without a striking tech guild
The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

ChatGPT rolls out a Google competitor with a skewed view of the news

The new AI search platform ignores New York Times articles and some paywalled newsrooms, but appears to boost licensing partners.
People vote in a temporary polling station next to Norbiton railway station London Thursday, July 4, 2024. Britain goes to the polls Thursday after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

10 tips for effective election fact-checking

‘What does a good election look like?’
International Center for Journalists Knight fellow Nikita Roy speaks about artificial intelligence on the second day of GlobalFact 11, the International Fact-Checking Network's conference in Sarajevo. (Photo: Vanja Čerimagić)

Fact-checkers urge collaboration, caution in using artificial intelligence tools

‘When dealing with this new, and yet to grow, devil of AI, we need to be together’
Benjamin Toff of the University of Minnesota talks at Poynter's Summit on AI, Ethics and Journalism in June 2024. Alex Smyntyna/Poynter

We asked people about using AI to make the news. They’re anxious and annoyed

Focus group research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota reveals attitudes on disclosure, trust, deception among news consumers
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