A journalist and a robot sub-editor having a lively debate over some copy

Adversarial AI: A Tool for Self-Improvement in Journalism Members Public

Getting AIs to write instead of you is for the mediocre. If you want to be great at what you do, get an AI to challenge you.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
The link controllers really don’t want you tainting their sites with your dirty “links”.

The link controllers aren’t dead — yet Members Public

In the year of our Lord 2024, some websites are still trying to control who links to them.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
open web
AI-infused search robots wreaking an economic apocalypse on the world

Is AI search a sideshow, or a potential economic apocalypse? Members Public

Will AI-infused search be the end of publishing economics as we know it? Or is the hype outrunning the utility?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
The sands of time are counting down for TikTok in the US

One year until TikTok is banned in the USA Members Public

The US Senate votes to force Bytedance to sell TikTok — or see it banned in the US. Social media is the new geopolitical battleground.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
TikTok
A shot from Brownlee's video.

What's the true job of a tech reviewer? Members Public

Does a reviewer have a duty to ease off a bad product to protect a company from harm? No!

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism
Playing the last post for the defunct Twitter competitor Post News

The last post for Post News Members Public

Another would-be Twitter replacement is dead in the water. What killed this one?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
microblogging
An AI-generated image of Shrimp Jesus surrounded by Shrimp Angels.

Shrimp Jesus and other unexpected results of the AI boom Members Public

AI is at once more ubiquitous and less useful than people think. Navigating the coming flood of generated content is going to be a challenge.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
AI
TikTok zombies, being influenced by the algorithm

TikTok Watch Members Public

The Chinese-controlled social network really doesn't want to play nice with other governments…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
TikTok