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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

❔ Our online panel tackling AI content labels and their unexpected consequences, a hot topic since the enforcement of Article 50 of the AI Act, yielded some clear points of concern shared by the expert speakers present. Read our reflection on it here, or watch the recording: tinyurl.com/mps5663y

The Label Paradox: Can AI transparency create more distrust? – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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AI Hype, Hope & Humanity Festival is happening very soon, and we have a lot in store! Our highlight from the program is the panel we're jointly organizing with @scicommcentre.eu 🔎 "Who Can You Trust? On Misinformation and Communication in the Age of AI" 📅 30 September, 15:45 - 17:15 | 📍 Rotterdam

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Praat mee! Voor het @sidnfonds.bsky.social project denken we na over de vereisten van digitale autonomie. De centrale vraag: 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞 '𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐦', 𝐳𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡? decorrespondent.nl/17247/wij-bo...

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Wij bouwen met taalmodellen een betere zoekfunctie voor De Correspondent, onafhankelijk van big tech

Google, met zijn razendsnelle AI-taalmodellen, kan ons archief beter ontsluiten dan wij. Maar willen we dat? De modellen zijn vaak zonder toestemming getraind op journalistiek werk. Bovendien kapen ze...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@claesdevreese.bsky.social will be at EDDY 2026 giving a keynote on the systemic challenges of AI to democracy! The event features talks & practical sessions, in aiming to facilitate advances in digital democracy through both theory & application. Register: www.eddy-network.eu/in-person-ev...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🔔 Our online panel is 1 week away: Can AI transparency create more distrust? Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 📅 10/09 👉 Sign up now! aim4dem.nl/events/

Events – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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📚️ Attending #ECC2026? So are we! Our members @teresaelena.bsky.social, @maxvandrunen.bsky.social, Gionata Bouché and @nickmattis.bsky.social will be in Brno at the ECREA conference presenting their latest research. 📅 See details & program information on our website: www.aim4dem.nl/our-lab-at-e...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Join the launch event of Women in AI, Humanities & Social Sciences, a new initiative which our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social is a part of, to hear more about the project & the experiences of female academics in AI! 📅 1 September | 15:00 - 16:00 📍 Online 🔗 www.waihss.com/events/launc...

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WAIHSS - Women in AI, Humanities & Social Sciences

We celebrate the launch of WAIHSS with an online event. Join us to hear more about WAIHSS, who we are and what we (want to) do. We will also be joined by three of our advisory board members, Ana…

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Speakers for our upcoming panel on AI label effectiveness and transparency are confirmed! Featuring @jeanburgess.bsky.social, @anjabechmann.bsky.social, Anders Søgaard, @tomdivon.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social + Moderation by @natalihelberger.bsky.social 👇 Sign up now!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📅 Make sure you've registered to AI HHH! It may seem like a regular academic conference, but it's going to be much more than that: workshops on gender and permacomputing, demos & installations, activities for kids, a kiosk with zines and other publications, among others! www.eur.nl/en/research/...

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AI Hype, Hope and Humanity

Learn more about the AI Hype, Hope and Humanity (AI HHH) Festival.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🌱 Here's how we're working towards infrastructural solutions for a more digitally autonomous local media landscape: @hannescools.bsky.social was just interviewed by @uva-fmg.bsky.social about our Lab's recently announced collaboration with HvA, @waag.org, @decorrespondent.nl and @ftm.nl 👇️

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌞 The slower weeks in the summer period have left some of us with extra time for reading! If you happen to be in search for some titles, you can click below for a recommendations from our team. Happy reading! 👉 www.aim4dem.nl/summer-readi...

Summer reading recommendations from our team – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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✨ New preprint on Modular Forms of Journalism ✨ Together with Sophie Morosoli & Natali Helberger. @natalihelberger.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social It investigates audience evaluations for Modular Journalism through focus groups (N=26) 👇 Full paper on OSF: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🚨 New Publication 🚨 "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥": 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬' 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 Since EU AI Act Transparency Obligations got into effect yesterday, the study’s publication couldn’t be more timely. Small thread with key findings 🧵 @aimediademlab.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🔎 How can EU regulation help public interest media face the monopolistic practices of GenAI providers? Join this panel organized by The Data Tank, featuring our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social, to hear more! 📅 29 September | 15:00 - 16:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up here: luma.com/824xze49

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Strengthening Media’s Bargaining Power over Generative AI: Next Steps for EU Policy · Luma

[ONLINE] About The developments in generative and General Purpose AI (GPAI) systems have raised concerns about extractive data practices, market concentration…

AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📰 Can AI transparency create more distrust? @natalihelberger.bsky.social & @laurensnaudts.bsky.social are organizing a panel discussion around labels for AI-generated content and their effects on audiences. Speakers: TBA 📅 10 September | 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up: www.aim4dem.nl/events/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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📷️ @trouw.nl analyzed social media posts from fictional influencers that promote harmful narratives using AI-generated images of women appearing to work for the military. Our postdoc @laurensnaudts.bsky.social contributed, expressing concern about the broad consequences. tinyurl.com/yeytf6pb

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AI_influencers

AI-gegenereerde beelden van fictieve leger- en politie-influencers. TikTok, Instagram

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📄 The report summarizing last year's workshop organized by @algosoc.org, @article19.bsky.social, and our lab is now out! It's a useful read for de-tangling the dynamics of Europe's digital infrastructural dependencies through expert insights and case studies. Read here: algosoc.org/results/reth...

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Rethinking European media infrastructures | AlgoSoc

Rethinking European media infrastructures

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🤖 AI wordt vaak gezien als een risico voor betrouwbare nieuwsvoorziening. Maar kan het ook bijdragen aan een beter geïnformeerde samenleving? Sanne Vrijenhoek onderzoekt of gepersonaliseerde nieuwsaanbevelingen mensen kunnen verrassen met nieuwe perspectieven. bit.ly/nieuwsbubbels

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Kan AI nieuwsbubbels juist doorbreken?

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📨 Have you subscribed to our newsletter? It's got the Lab's latest research, events you can join, and inspiring media features to get you thinking about how AI, media, and democracy are evolving together. 👉 Subscribe here, just in time for the summer editions: www.aim4dem.nl/newsletter/

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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Big congratulations to our co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, for winning the 2026 Stevin Prize! The Dutch Research Council deemed his work in AI, politics and communication highly socially impactful, not only through research but also through expert advice. We are incredibly proud!

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📚️ Our Lab at the ESMH Summer School 2026 The summer school with the topic of Science Communication in the age of AI organized by the European Science Media Hub of the European Parliament @epstoa.bsky.social has come to an end, and our lab was well represented in the sessions! 🧵 👇️

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🇪🇺 Proud that our co-director @natalihelberger.bsky.social has been elected as member of the EU AI Act Advisory Forum, representing the University of Amsterdam! Insights from our lab will have an even more direct avenue to contribute to AI governance. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🔎 How to use LLMs to analyze news coverage? @fdabl.bsky.social, postdoc at @seven-uva.bsky.social, presented to us research conducted with @jmbh.bsky.social and Simon Wimmer as part of the Climate Media Lab on how media cover climate change, which also employed a new LLM-based methodology.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

👇If you're in Belfast for @epssnet.bsky.social EPSS 2026, don't miss this panel about the latest considerations of AI for democracy, featuring our researchers Sophie Morosoli and @teresaelena.bsky.social! 10:50-12:30 | Friday 19th June

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

👥 Why do we sometimes choose AI over humans? @iterrucha.bsky.social, postdoc at University of Duisburg-Essen and fellow at @iasamsterdam.bsky.social, visited our lab this week to present her research on human exchanges with genAI, and the implications of LLM input for human decisions.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

✖️ Dutch politicians have been advised to leave X. See what our lab co-director @claesdevreese.bsky.social had to say in the debate through his contributions in @volkskrant.nl, on how the choice of platform for official communications matters more than one may think: www.aim4dem.nl/dutch-govern...

Dutch government officials advised to leave X – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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💼 Conference season is underway! Our lab will be well-represented in all corners of the world, with our members present at #ICA26, #EPSS2026, and #FAccT2026 (among others). Are you also attending? 👇️ See the comprehensive overview of conference contributions on our website!

Upcoming conferences for the AI, Media & Democracy Lab – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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🎉𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 "𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐬" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 2 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 SIDN fonds!🎉 We'll be investigating how media organisations can adopt open-source LLMs to reclaim control over their distribution & audience relationships. All info: www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/de-tr...

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🧠 Brainstorming Big Tech alternatives: as part of @iasamsterdam.bsky.social's 10th anniversary festival, we had the occasion to gather for a workshop to envision the future of alternative digital infrastructures. See how it went 🧵 👇️

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

⏰️ Deadline extended! Come present this fall in Rotterdam @ AIHHH: even if you fall outside the traditional research sphere, or your work doesn't neatly fit in one box; case studies, policy work & lived experiences with responsible AI are welcome! 👉 Submit here by June 5: easychair.org/cfp/AIHHH2026

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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Super 🧵 by @lenafrescamente.bsky.social highlighting early career scholars' work in the @aimediademlab.bsky.social and @ddc-sdu.bsky.social labs.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

What is not to like. Our Amsterdam lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social is visiting our Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social So many great colleagues in one room. To future collaborations 🚀 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 @curdknupfer.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social @lenafrescamente.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

See @natalihelberger.bsky.social at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference in Brussels this week for a panel on academic freedom and digital sovereignty organized by AlgoSoc, to discuss how the two are fundamentally intertwined. 📅 21 May More info:

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When Big Tech rules universities: reclaiming academic freedom through digital sovereignty - CPDP Conference 2026

Details and speakers will be announced on 4 May. View programme.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🎭️ Trump as a Lego figurine: Our lab co-director, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, recently spoke to @volkskrant.nl and @rtl.nl about Iran's recent AI-generated video propaganda posts, their strategic implications, and how audiences may be receiving them. 👉 Read more:

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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👏 Congratulations to Agustin! Putting an important spotlight on how the adoption of "invisible" cloud infrastructure can become an unexpected way for dominant providers to exert their power. Give the paper a read! 👇

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Hannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

New publication 🎯 Study on news audiences’ acceptance of GenAI in journalism: a case study across three domains. Led by @tjthomson.bsky.social, based on itvs in Germany 🇩🇪 & Australia 🇦🇺 Link🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... @aimediademlab.bsky.social @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The AIMD Lab will be at #CPDP2026! We will be represented during two exciting events (read about them below 👇️ 🧵 ) that we invite you to join if you're attending the conference! @cpdpconferences.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Join our workshop: "Building a Shared Vision on Future Digital Infrastructures" It's our session part of @iasamsterdam.bsky.social's 10th anniversary, exploring how academia can transition to Big Tech alternatives. 🧵 More info & sign-up link below! 📅 19 May | 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Oude Turfmarkt 145-147

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

📣 Open call from the AI Hype, Hope & Humanity conference organized by the ELSA network! Are you a researcher, practitioner, or anything in between, working on human-centered AI and related aspects of societal resilience? Come share your ideas! 👉 Submit by 24 May: www.eur.nl/en/events/ai...

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AI Hype, Hope and Humanity

AI Hype, Hope and Humanity is a three-day conference bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and societal partners working on AI.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📩 Are you signed up for our newsletter? It's got the Lab's latest updates: publications, upcoming events, and inspiring articles to get you thinking about how AI, media, and democracy are evolving in tandem. 👉 Subscribe here, just in time for the April edition: www.aim4dem.nl/newsletter/

Newsletter – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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🌐 How is AI changing society? @natalihelberger.bsky.social was a speaker at AI and the Future of News 2026, organized by @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, as part of an engaging panel on the impact of AI from perspectives of law, economics, policy, and security. 👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/4j8eetpu

What is the impact of AI on society? – AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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"The biggest threat to democracy is not AI. But anti-democratic forces, often democratically elected. And yes, they may leverage AI in their strategies" My opening at the ADD AI Summit Inspiring, depressing, occasionally uplifting summit @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @algosoc.org @aimediademlab.bsky.social

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📊 What would journalism-specific benchmarks for LLMs look like? This question is one of many that @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social, long-time member of our lab, has been working on with colleagues at Northwestern University and the Computational Journalism Lab. Here are some takeaways from his work 🧵

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

👎️ Explainable recommenders are not very popular with news engineers. @jasminkareem.bsky.social — joint PhD student at @tue.nl and @uva.nl — visited us to share research on how recommender system engineers across different types of news organizations are not very keen on adopting XAI practices.

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AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

What is data slicing and what are its implications for machine learning? 👉 Our member @annaschjoett.bsky.social discusses this practice in her new publication in the Cambridge Forum on AI, informed by her fieldwork with data scientists at the BBC developing news recommenders: doi.org/10.1017/cfc....

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Slicing the past to predict the future: Recasting data slicing as curatorial work in ML development and evaluation | Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society | Cambridge Core

Slicing the past to predict the future: Recasting data slicing as curatorial work in ML development and evaluation - Volume 2