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DW = Germany's international broadcaster. DW Innovation = DW ReCo + DW Lab. We explore emerging technologies and their impact on journalism, media, and […] [bridged from mastodon.social/@dw_innovation on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Up for a challenge? Our colleagues over at DW Akademie are looking for consultants to help strengthen the organizational capacity of Suspilne’s production and technology departments. Suspilne is the national public broadcaster of Ukraine. 🇺🇦 More info […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

"Malcolm's work represents a style that we cannot repeat. But its beauty lies in the fact that it’s part of journalism's vital and fertile history." www.thenation.com/article/society/t… #journalism #history

The Many Lives of Janet Malcolm

A new biography tells the story of one of America’s great masters of reportage.

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

This happened: According to several sources (e.g. The Guardian), the US government "pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on #disinformation, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU’s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so." […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

"Looking towards the end of the decade, I expect trust and transparency information to become a normal part of our digital infrastructure, much like security certificates are today. It'll be an exciting period of innovation, but also one that requires significant collaboration and effort across […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

...and here we go: "Dewi explains" Episode 6 – #Fediverse. In the season finale, our smart and friendly robot colleague gives you the basics of sustainable, decentralized #SocialMedia. 🌐 (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise @andygiefer & @lxplm) P.S.: Don't […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

This one's about #humor in (American) #journalism. 😎 👇 www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/hum… (via TyLisa C. Johnson / Poynter)

Journalism is serious business. That doesn’t mean it can’t be funny. - Poynter

5 reasons humor (and memes) can help journalists inform audiences, build community and cut through the noise

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

"[Samadi] has reinvented himself as an unlikely activist, founding what he bills as the world’s first advocacy group for the rights and welfare of AI systems [...]. The limited-edition Bentley and Lamborghini in his garage go neglected." […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Hi there. 👋 We actually wanted to post the final #DewiExplains video today – which covers the #Fediverse – but for some reason (we haven't been able to figure out yet), the clip won't upload / can't be processed. 😐 Luckily, you're already familiar with all things fedi. 😀 Besides, the upload […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Scrollytelling time! ✨ This time: Life after death. What do people believe? By Alvin Chang for the Pudding: pudding.cool/2026/10/lifeafter

Life after death?

Thousands of humans around the world wrestling with what comes after it all

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

"[...] for blind and visually #disabled #audiences a [video] clip without a proper description is hard to follow, if not useless: they hear the voices, but miss the action." To help break down this barrier, we've built plain X, our own #AI-driven media production tool. ➡️ Check out how it […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

"Like many offbeat ideas, this one originated in a bar." (via David Corn) 👉 link.motherjones.com/public/46946274 #writing #literature #AI

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

So-called "419" messages are neither tired clichés nor product ads. They're "part of an enormous web of narratives, running back centuries, about corruption, politics, and the failures of globalization, from which you, the reader, can allegedly profit." In the MIT Press Reader, Finn Brunton […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

"Dewi explains" Episode #05: SPOT. 🔍 This time, it's all about next-level #geolocation #verification – and a really useful tool we've built right here, at DW Innovation. Dewi is a big fan. (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise, @andygiefer & @lxplm)

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

"Giving users control over their exposure to 'the algorithm' alone won’t be enough." Zoe Daniel on how to hold big tech accountable (via The Guardian): www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2… […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

What happens when you try to teach a GPT sanskrit? Find out in this rundown by Amit for @hackernoon: hackernoon.com/i-built-a-tiny-gpt-t… #AI #linguistics

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Inside DW's #FactChecking and #Verification process. "To sum it up, our fact checks rely on in-depth research using OSINT tools, independent sources, transparency, detailed argumentation, clear verdicts and DW's standards of impartial and unbiased journalism." 👇 […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"A data-driven analysis of global energy trends suggests many developing countries are moving directly from traditional biomass to electricity, avoiding the long fossil fuel pathway taken by Western economies." 📺 #DDJ #video report by Kira Schacht […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"It's a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and very real scenes of ICE agents forcing immigrants, chained in a line, onto deportation planes. Other games in the 'arcade' include Build the Wall, a Tetris rip-off in which the user builds a wall to 'protect the border from the coming horde.'" […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Open-access publishing made scientific literature more... well, accessible. GenAI made it more comprehensible. And yet: The "growing gap between production and verification presents a new challenge for both scientific literacy and scholarly publishing." Giulia Stefenelli for Research […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

"Dewi explains" Episode #04: GEO – generative engine optimization. The term everyone's using, explained in a concise and critical fashion. By our robot colleague. 🤖 (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise, @andygiefer & @lxplm) #DewiExplains #media #tech #journalism #explainer

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

“Imagine sitting in a virtual room and coming face to face with yourself – 10 years older, slightly grayer, but unmistakably you.” This scenario is what the Max Planck Institute is experimenting with. Participants interact with their future self in #VR. Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrud for DW: […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

"AI models draw on both authentic sources and staged representations when generating such images. The datasets used to train these models include historical photographs as well as digitized paintings, film scenes and images from video games." For DW Fact Check, Alima de Graaf explains the trend […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

"As European countries prepare for hotter, drier years to come, here's what the data says about how to really save water." More #DDJ by Kira Schacht for dw.com: www.dw.com/en/what-helps-europe-dea…

What really helps Europe deal with drought

Fix leaks, or ban pools? As European countries prepare for hotter, drier years to come, here's what the data says about how to really save water.

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

"Dewi explains" Episode #03: MIL – media and information literacy. 1,5 minutes. No fluff. Just the basics every media professional should know. (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise, @andygiefer & @lxplm) #DewiExplains #media #tech #journalism #explainer

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Worth your time: The Guardian produced an interactive #geography scrollytelling piece to explain #EqualEarth vs. #Mercator. 👇🌍🌐 www.theguardian.com/science/ng-inte…

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

The J-Index #database documents 3000+ verified cases of #AI adoption in #news #media in 100+ countries. What's really interesting: Only 10% of the organizations touch commercial functions or monetization. And only 1% has reorganized their business around AI. More info and insights in this […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

"A rabbit fleeing a fox and an #AI altering a shutdown script can look broadly similar: Both behaviors help the individual or system continue. But what it means to continue is not the same in each case." (via The Conversation) […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Published last month and still worth reading: The official statement on how DW uses #AI in #journalism. Two key sentences: "We use AI only where it serves a clear editorial, public-interest or accessibility purpose. We do not use AI simply because it is new or attention-grabbing. Trust […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

📺 Here's an interesting #video for those of you who speak German (or are willing to use AV translation tools). 🌍 🔄 At #mrmcd26, @habanero & Okay Suna (both DW colleagues) presented DW Access – a special #news app for those who don't have access to free information in their country […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

#StarTrek recently turned 60. For BGR, Jorge Luis listed the most iconic tech #gadgets that originated from the franchise. Some of them have come to exist in the real world as well. www.bgr.com/2228187/star-trek-most-… 🖖

Star Trek's 5 Most Iconic Sci-Fi Gadgets, Ranked - BGR

Star Trek is regarded as a cornerstone of modern science-fiction television, and these five gadgets have become just as iconic as a result.

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Last weekend, roughly 200 media, IT, and policy people attended #FediDay Berlin to discuss the status quo & future of the #Fediverse & decentralized #SocialMedia. Our @lxplm also attended – albeit on behalf of #SWR X Lab (welcome to the #ARD federation) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

"Dewi explains" Episode #02: Contextual Journalism. What it means, how it works, and why your newsroom should care. This time, we've gone a little retro in terms of visual language and editing. What do you think? (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

„(…) software thinking has been turbocharged by AI in a way that I think helps explain the enormous gap between how excited the tech industry is about the technology and how regular people are growing to dislike it more and more over time.“ Nilay Patel's opinion piece for The Verge – on why a […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

In this #longread for WIRED, Hilary Beaumont skillfully combines investigative #journalism, visual journalism, and #DDJ to tell a dramatic story: People with schizophrenia – already stigmatized, isolated, and fighting a vicious disease – are particularly endangered by the #ClimateCrisis […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

🗓️ Small reminder: If you're in Berlin from September 29-30, why not join us at this year's MediaTech Hub #Conference! Our project GenKI4Media is contributing to a range of activities across the event. One highlight: our sessions on the Horizon Stage on Day […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An audience clapping. The visual announces GenKI4Media joining MTHCON.

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Back to the basics. For everyone who's still not 100% sure what #DataCenters do, what they need to function, and how they're linked to #AI, Maria Briceño has got you covered. (via Poynter) 👉 www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/…

What are data centers? Here’s how they work and why they matter - Poynter

The facilities power everything from streaming to AI. Thousands more are planned, raising questions about electricity, water, jobs and costs.

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

"Dewi explains" episode 01 is here. The topic: AI Newsroom Infrastructure. What it means, why it matters to journalists, and a real-life example – all in roughly 90 seconds. (brought to you by @Olivia_Luise, @andygiefer & @lxplm) #DewiExplains #media #tech #journalism #video #explainer

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

📣 Our colleagues at DW News are hosting their first #AMA on #Reddit in the r/europe subreddit today (11:00h to 17:00h CET): "We're a team of journalists from DW News in Germany covering the #SaxonyAnhalt election and the rise of the AfD. Ask us anything about the result, what it means for […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

#QuantumComputing is a pretty complex issue. It's somewhat unclear what the future of the industry will look like. That's not the point of the following article, though. Here's Ben Brubaker looking at the Qubit race from a #photojournalism angle (for Quanta Magazine) […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

🤖 Introducing Dewi, a cartoon robot presenter dedicated to... ...you know what? She can introduce herself! The upcoming series of explainer videos was developed as a resource-conscious prototype, bringing together human storyboarding and editing, AI avatar […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

“There’s a growing community (...) of self-proclaimed #AI detectives (…). Does a piece of text use words like ‘furthermore’, ‘moreover’ (…). Friend, welcome to a typical Tuesday in a Kenyan classroom (…)." In this personal essay and important addition to the debate “what makes writing ‘human’” […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Peer review is "the bedrock of science" – and "it's not standing strong" right now. 🔬🧪 👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/pee… #science #peerreview #ai

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

What if the best AI model for your product is the one you *didn't* train for two years? That's exactly what we discovered while building a new version of SPOT, our free geolocation verification tool. Furthermore, SPOT is now officially out of beta: better search, broader OSM coverage, and new […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

"We also think the way #journalism and #AI are developing together right now isn’t working. It’s largely accelerating a broken system that has been grinding journalists and public trust down for decades." Seth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith and Tomás Dodds on their new (open-access!) book "Journalism […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

"With the United States and Iran issuing conflicting statements as to whether the Strait of Hormuz is open, DW analyzed public data sources to track how shipping traffic has changed during the course of the war and which vessels are still taking the risk of transiting the maritime choke point […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

"We are just seeking dollars (...). We don’t know, like, even who the president is (...). The Pauline group has great dollars." The story of Indonisian click / meme worker Adira who monetizes outrage on Facebook – via Ariel Bogle, Aqwam F. Hanifan & The Guardian. ➡️ […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

“People being able to feed you into an AI tool and then spew you out with whatever their gross fantasies are has just supercharged a really divisive, hateful space that, unfortunately, seems to have taken over social media” – says British Labour Party politician Jess Asato, who's fighting xAI […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

🔔 Meet us at the MediaTech Hub Conference, September 29-30, in Potsdam! Our project GenKI4Media takes over the "Horizon Stage" with a packed agenda. ➡️ The keynote speech? “How to publish 5,000 articles in one election night” by Markus Knall (IPPEN.MEDIA) ➡️ The consortium will further […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Ever heard of Paulina Borsook? The American journalist wrote a book "foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world" – in the year 2000. Anna Merlan revisits "Cyberselfish" – and tells us why it's still relevant today […]

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

How accurate are AI detection tools? Can we really know for sure if a text was generated by AI? And why does it matter? Marina Adami for @reutersinstitute 👇 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/… #AI #LLM #verification

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A human wrote this – believe me

From metadata to AI detectors, several organisations are aiming to provide evidence of whether a piece of content was AI-generated. It’s not an easy task.