AI altered and fabricated images related to Minneapolis shootings abound online on social media. Durbin reportedly used one unknowingly.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-altered-photos-videos-minneapolis-shootings-blur-reality-rcna256552

AI-altered photos and videos of Minneapolis shootings blur reality

From Facebook and TikTok to Instagram and X, AI-manipulated images and videos depicting Alex Pretti’s final moments have proliferated across the internet since his fatal shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis last weekend

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Adam Mosseri (Instagram) argumentiert, dass KI-Labels langfristig an Wirksamkeit verlieren werden, weil KI-generierte FΓ€lschungen immer perfekter werden. Praktischer sei es daher, reale Medien kryptografisch zu fingerprinten – etwa direkt bei der Aufnahme –, statt fortlaufend synthetische Inhalte zu jagen. Ein bemerkenswerter Perspektivwechsel von der Detektion des Falschen zur Verifikation des Echten.

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https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-chief-ai-is-so-ubiquitous-it-will-be-more-practical-to-fingerprint-real-media-than-fake-media-202620080.html

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'

Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.

Engadget

πŸš€ Thrilled to share my new commentary, co-authored with T.J. Thomson, just published in the Communication Research and Practice Journal:
β€œRethinking journalistic autonomy in the algorithmic era: toward context-aware, value-driven, and human-centred research into journalistic AI.”

πŸ”— https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2025.2550895

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