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Meredith Broussard, PhD
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Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com

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Meredith Broussard is a data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Her research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in journalism. .. more

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 1d
AI deployed at DC airport today. Then a construction crew dug up a cable bundle and brought PHL air traffic to a halt. Now EWR is affected. My sympathies to all fliers and all who work at airports today.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d
"some investors are voicing increasing skepticism about the growth expectations for data centers and the risks associated with their build-out, forcing industry executives and their advisers to recalibrate their plans"

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom (Gift Article)
Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.
www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @chinasa.bsky.social · 2d
"If Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI giants want to keep referring to themselves as labs, they should adhere to scientific best practices: open-sourcing code, preregistering studies, and, most important, subjecting research to independent peer review."

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
www.theatlantic.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2d
The FAA orders a ground stop at Newark Liberty, Teterboro and Philadelphia airports, disrupting travel plans for thousands of fliers.
Flights delayed out of Newark and Philadelphia after FAA orders ground stops
The agency is dealing with a technology breakdown of some kind at Philadelphia’s Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, facility.
nbcnews.to

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 2d
I've been wondering for a while if other hobbyists have noticed how the quality of search info has deteriorated. Nice to have it validated.
jwherrman.bsky.social John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 2d
People have wondered what happens when the web fully rots out from underneath chatbots and search engines. Now we know at least one answer: AI is watching a lot of YouTube nymag.com/intelligence...
If you pay attention to Google's Al interviews - but also responses in chatbots like ChatGPT or on AI search engines like Perplexity - you'll see this all over the place now. You ask a question and the chatbot will generate a response, as expected. In doing so, it will often pull in citations, which it will quote or summarize. A couple of years ago, these were usually websites. Now, your little Al agent will produce information extracted straight from the internet's millions of hours of recorded As a guy looking to his phone for help with the pile of bike parts - or a sore neck - this mostly feels like progress. On one side, you've got AI models that are getting better at making certain kinds of information legible and accessible and chaining it together; on another, you've got Al doing automatic transcription of enormous quantities of video created by real people with the intention of reaching other real people. Mileage will vary: In this narrow area, YouTube is naturally full of high-quality information. For health advice, maybe not so much.

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NYC Policy Forum @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social · 2d
We're pleased to share that @ambakak.bsky.social co-ED of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social will join @hellodcwp.bsky.social Commissioner @saalevine.bsky.social to discuss local AI governance with writer @edwardongwesojr.com next week.

RSVP at governing-ai-for-nyc-workers-and-consumers.eventbrite.com
Governing AI for Workers and Consumers: NYC's Public Approach
Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.
governing-ai-for-NYC-workers-and-consumers.eventbrite.com

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John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 2d
People have wondered what happens when the web fully rots out from underneath chatbots and search engines. Now we know at least one answer: AI is watching a lot of YouTube nymag.com/intelligence...
If you pay attention to Google's Al interviews - but also responses in chatbots like ChatGPT or on AI search engines like Perplexity - you'll see this all over the place now. You ask a question and the chatbot will generate a response, as expected. In doing so, it will often pull in citations, which it will quote or summarize. A couple of years ago, these were usually websites. Now, your little Al agent will produce information extracted straight from the internet's millions of hours of recorded As a guy looking to his phone for help with the pile of bike parts - or a sore neck - this mostly feels like progress. On one side, you've got AI models that are getting better at making certain kinds of information legible and accessible and chaining it together; on another, you've got Al doing automatic transcription of enormous quantities of video created by real people with the intention of reaching other real people. Mileage will vary: In this narrow area, YouTube is naturally full of high-quality information. For health advice, maybe not so much.

Reposted by Meredith Broussard

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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 2d
A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings.

So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social

www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
www.technologyreview.com