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Paul Cheung Joins Hacks/Hackers as Advisor

Paul Cheung will join Hacks/Hackers as a strategic advisor. Cheung is a mission-driving executive dedicated to creating a healthier information ecosystem. His career, extending over two decades, showcases a commitment to leading digital innovation within the media sector, including pioneering work in AI, VR/AR, combating misinformation and launching

Nevin Thompson Mar 3, 2024

Open-source AI hackathon for journalists: Catalyzing new forms of journalism and civic discourse.

Join Hacks/Hackers and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University for an in-person open-source AI hackathon, starting at 5pm ET on Friday, April 5th. The hackathon is sponsored by Hugging Face and Codingscape. Participants in the hackathon will spend a weekend building with open-source AI for experiments

Burt Herman Feb 28, 2024

Prediction for journalism in 2024 — More open source AI

We have a chance to try again and learn from the tortured history between technology companies and journalism. It is truly magical to speak to a machine using the same language you’d use to talk to a human. And that initial awe at the technology commonly known as generative

Burt Herman Jan 15, 2024

How can newsrooms benefit from ChatGPT and other generative AI tools? We asked over 10,600 journalists to find out.

Over the past year, the rise of AI capable of generating text and images in the last year has provoked doubt and inspired optimism. The journalists who attended our course were no exception. Journalists are feeling overwhelmed by AI – torn between pushing their bosses to experiment with the new technology

Sil Hamilton Dec 19, 2023

Take the AP’s new survey on AI

The Associated Press is conducting an anonymous survey on how the news industry approaches AI, with an emphasis on professional and ethical practices around generative AI, like ChatGPT and Midjourney. The survey will be open through the month and take about 25-30 minutes to complete. Results will be published next

Samantha Sunne Dec 5, 2023

Apply for a microgrant on credibility projects

Hacks/Hackers is offering micro-grants of up to $10,000 to individuals and organizations who want to research or test new tech tools that can advance global credibility in journalism. The ideal projects will address misinformation issues, involve innovative uses of technology and help working journalists. Applicants must be willing

Samantha Sunne Nov 28, 2023

Call for Proposals - Improving Information Credibility With Tech

Since 2010, Hacks/Hackers has supported projects that bring journalism and technology closer together. Our events and grants have reached tens of thousands of working journalists and technologists around the world. In 2023, we’re focused on two key priorities: working with news organizations around the rise of generative AI

Anika Gupta Nov 24, 2023

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