Alex Mahadevan
@alexmahadevan.com
Director of MediaWise and faculty doing AI, media literacy and OSINT stuff @poynterinstitute.bsky.social | alexmahadevan.com
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@alexmahadevan.com and I came to LA to speak and lead a workshop for @hackshackers.com on visual AI. On the way I read Corey Doctorow's new book and saw this quote by @greatdismal.bsky.social (my fav author). It was a perfect fit for a session we did, so I switched the title at the last second.
August 27, 2026 at 1:09 PM
@alexmahadevan.com and I came to LA to speak and lead a workshop for @hackshackers.com on visual AI. On the way I read Corey Doctorow's new book and saw this quote by @greatdismal.bsky.social (my fav author). It was a perfect fit for a session we did, so I switched the title at the last second.
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honestly the best way to tell if an image online is fake is to introspect about whether looking at reinforces a sense of superiority over some group towards which you already feel contempt
August 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
honestly the best way to tell if an image online is fake is to introspect about whether looking at reinforces a sense of superiority over some group towards which you already feel contempt
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President Donald Trump mentioned the White House ballroom, Reflecting Pool and other capital construction projects in more than a quarter of his 2026 public appearances, a PolitiFact analysis found.
politifact.com/article/2026...
politifact.com/article/2026...
August 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
President Donald Trump mentioned the White House ballroom, Reflecting Pool and other capital construction projects in more than a quarter of his 2026 public appearances, a PolitiFact analysis found.
politifact.com/article/2026...
politifact.com/article/2026...
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Fact-checkers around the world face major funding cuts from USAID and Meta. Meanwhile, new threats loom, including attempts to influence AI products through what some have dubbed "LLM poisoning."
My report from the GlobalFact conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/at-g...
My report from the GlobalFact conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/at-g...
Fact-checkers reckon with shrinking budgets and growing AI threats at GlobalFact 2026
Hundreds gathered in Lithuania to discuss Russian influence operations, “LLM poisoning," and how to survive a funding crisis.
www.niemanlab.org
July 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Fact-checkers around the world face major funding cuts from USAID and Meta. Meanwhile, new threats loom, including attempts to influence AI products through what some have dubbed "LLM poisoning."
My report from the GlobalFact conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/at-g...
My report from the GlobalFact conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/at-g...
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I’m glad Anthropic models will be released, but de facto executive control of AI systems has got to be the worst possible version of AI governance. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/t...
U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic’s Most Powerful A.I. Models
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I’m glad Anthropic models will be released, but de facto executive control of AI systems has got to be the worst possible version of AI governance. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/t...
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June 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Wish I could write like @gene.meme
I am shifting away from games journalism as my interest has always primarily been the arts in general. This piece is a peek into the style of writing I will be doing in the future.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Column | I went to Hotel Chelsea — and found Bob Dylan, glamour and old ghosts
An art installation with Hideo Kojima and Nicolas Winding Refn evokes the landmark’s very different era of grime and glamour.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Wish I could write like @gene.meme
Inspired by the work of @mantzarlis.com at @indicator.media, I fired up my AI Community Notes bot. I hope it actually flags political misinformation. And I'll be testing lots of LLMs to see which one is best at it.
alexmahadevan.com/blog/communi...
alexmahadevan.com/blog/communi...
Meet Kind Raspberry Chickadee, my AI fact-checker
My quest to build a bot that would actually fact-check politics on X's Community Notes.
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June 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Inspired by the work of @mantzarlis.com at @indicator.media, I fired up my AI Community Notes bot. I hope it actually flags political misinformation. And I'll be testing lots of LLMs to see which one is best at it.
alexmahadevan.com/blog/communi...
alexmahadevan.com/blog/communi...
Interesting things happening over on X. A community note bot leaves an AI-written fact-check on AI slop from the DOL
May 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Interesting things happening over on X. A community note bot leaves an AI-written fact-check on AI slop from the DOL
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I wondered: How much has the legalization of online sports gambling transformed watching sports on TV?
We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out.
Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one!
But some sports had far more than others.
We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out.
Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one!
But some sports had far more than others.
May 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I wondered: How much has the legalization of online sports gambling transformed watching sports on TV?
We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out.
Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one!
But some sports had far more than others.
We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out.
Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one!
But some sports had far more than others.
Sam Altman is smoking crack if he thinks we’re gonna make $0.17 per click from agents. I think a vast majority of TollBit customers make NOTHING
May 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Sam Altman is smoking crack if he thinks we’re gonna make $0.17 per click from agents. I think a vast majority of TollBit customers make NOTHING
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Short videos. Major impact.
Now is your chance to learn how to repackage your journalism into high-quality vertical video for social media.
Don’t miss Poynter’s crash course on Vertical Video for Creators and Journalists: www.poynter.org/shop/reporti...
Now is your chance to learn how to repackage your journalism into high-quality vertical video for social media.
Don’t miss Poynter’s crash course on Vertical Video for Creators and Journalists: www.poynter.org/shop/reporti...
Vertical Video for Creators and Journalists - Poynter
Create vertical video, including TikTok and Reels, that reaches real audiences. Learn scripting, filming and strategy in this hands-on course for journalists and creators.
www.poynter.org
May 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Short videos. Major impact.
Now is your chance to learn how to repackage your journalism into high-quality vertical video for social media.
Don’t miss Poynter’s crash course on Vertical Video for Creators and Journalists: www.poynter.org/shop/reporti...
Now is your chance to learn how to repackage your journalism into high-quality vertical video for social media.
Don’t miss Poynter’s crash course on Vertical Video for Creators and Journalists: www.poynter.org/shop/reporti...
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There’s zero evidence Saturday’s night’s shooting was staged. But there’s a ton of evidence they should change the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
I wrote about this for my Monday newsletter this week. Excerpt below, subscribe now to get it Monday: www.LNI.media
I wrote about this for my Monday newsletter this week. Excerpt below, subscribe now to get it Monday: www.LNI.media
April 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
There’s zero evidence Saturday’s night’s shooting was staged. But there’s a ton of evidence they should change the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
I wrote about this for my Monday newsletter this week. Excerpt below, subscribe now to get it Monday: www.LNI.media
I wrote about this for my Monday newsletter this week. Excerpt below, subscribe now to get it Monday: www.LNI.media
Very big week for insane AI experiments in newsrooms! www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Why can't newsroom leaders just be normal about AI? - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
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April 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Very big week for insane AI experiments in newsrooms! www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
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Up first at @nclocal.bsky.social summit:
Keynote on AI in journalism from
@alexmahadevan.com
You can find information on AI and journalism from an ethics perspective here:
www.poynter.org/ai-ethics-jo...
Keynote on AI in journalism from
@alexmahadevan.com
You can find information on AI and journalism from an ethics perspective here:
www.poynter.org/ai-ethics-jo...
AI ethics guidelines - Poynter
In 2024, the Poynter Institute introduced a framework to help newsrooms create clear, responsible AI ethics policies — especially those just beginning to address the role of artificial intelligence in...
www.poynter.org
March 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Up first at @nclocal.bsky.social summit:
Keynote on AI in journalism from
@alexmahadevan.com
You can find information on AI and journalism from an ethics perspective here:
www.poynter.org/ai-ethics-jo...
Keynote on AI in journalism from
@alexmahadevan.com
You can find information on AI and journalism from an ethics perspective here:
www.poynter.org/ai-ethics-jo...
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How can you tell what’s real from fake when your feed is flooded with images and videos that can easily be altered or imagined by AI?
First, slow down. Next, check the source.
Here are three tips from MediaWise to help you sort through the noise: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
First, slow down. Next, check the source.
Here are three tips from MediaWise to help you sort through the noise: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
How do I know if that’s real? 3 tips from Poynter's MediaWise to stay smart in tricky times - Poynter
AI gives us more reason to slow down and be skeptical.
www.poynter.org
March 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
How can you tell what’s real from fake when your feed is flooded with images and videos that can easily be altered or imagined by AI?
First, slow down. Next, check the source.
Here are three tips from MediaWise to help you sort through the noise: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
First, slow down. Next, check the source.
Here are three tips from MediaWise to help you sort through the noise: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
This was fun as hell last year www.poynter.org/commentary/a...
March 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This was fun as hell last year www.poynter.org/commentary/a...
happy friday
Stop literally everything.
Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time.
fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...
Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time.
fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...
Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi
12 track album
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March 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
happy friday
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Tired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for AI systems
Wired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for prediction markets
Wired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for prediction markets
March 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Tired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for AI systems
Wired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for prediction markets
Wired: In the future journalism and reporting will simply be data for prediction markets
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Research suggests people who use AI tools to find news seem to prefer them over clicking on individual stories, despite being conscious of their limits when it comes to accuracy. @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I wrote about what publishers can learn from this www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI versus accuracy? We're willing to make the trade-off.
When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway.
www.cjr.org
February 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Research suggests people who use AI tools to find news seem to prefer them over clicking on individual stories, despite being conscious of their limits when it comes to accuracy. @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I wrote about what publishers can learn from this www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
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Ecommerce fraud is rampant. It's also easy to launch and hard to trace.
My new guide to investigating ecommerce sites covers how to ID the store platform, trace ownership, analyze traffic, do a safe test purchase etc. I also found a few free, new-to-me tools: indicator.media/p/the-indica...
My new guide to investigating ecommerce sites covers how to ID the store platform, trace ownership, analyze traffic, do a safe test purchase etc. I also found a few free, new-to-me tools: indicator.media/p/the-indica...
The Indicator guide to investigating ecommerce sites
A practical walkthrough of the tools, techniques, and indicators used to analyze online stores and identify ecommerce fraud operations.
indicator.media
February 23, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Ecommerce fraud is rampant. It's also easy to launch and hard to trace.
My new guide to investigating ecommerce sites covers how to ID the store platform, trace ownership, analyze traffic, do a safe test purchase etc. I also found a few free, new-to-me tools: indicator.media/p/the-indica...
My new guide to investigating ecommerce sites covers how to ID the store platform, trace ownership, analyze traffic, do a safe test purchase etc. I also found a few free, new-to-me tools: indicator.media/p/the-indica...
Me (in 20 years): …. help!!! Please!!! I’m being frame mogged!!
Palantir PeaceBot: FEAR NOT CITIZEN *starts sparking and eviscerates me with wayward laser shot*
Palantir PeaceBot: FEAR NOT CITIZEN *starts sparking and eviscerates me with wayward laser shot*
February 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Me (in 20 years): …. help!!! Please!!! I’m being frame mogged!!
Palantir PeaceBot: FEAR NOT CITIZEN *starts sparking and eviscerates me with wayward laser shot*
Palantir PeaceBot: FEAR NOT CITIZEN *starts sparking and eviscerates me with wayward laser shot*
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February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM