🚀 I grew up watching Star Wars — and then discovered Spaceballs. Mel Brooks turned sci-fi mythology into pure meta-comedy.
Now, decades later, technology lets us do the same: remix, parody, and rebuild culture through code and AI.
From galaxies far away to generative creativity — it all loops back.
#Spaceballs #MelBrooks #TechCulture #AI #DigitalCreativity #MediaFutures

Really grateful to Sara Farr for covering our panel and research on journalism + AI at #ICA25, now featured in Law360 Canada.

The piece engages with core questions around trust, authorship, IP, and the role of human agency in an AI-powered news landscape.

🗞️ Journalism and AI: A Cautionary Tale
https://www.law360.ca/ca/ip/articles/2356476/journalism-and-ai-a-cautionary-tale

Read our research articles here 👉
🚀 https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251321162
🚀 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102952

#AI #JournalismStudies #AcademicResearch #DigitalEthics #GenerativeAI #MediaFutures

Journalism and AI: A cautionary tale - Law360 Canada

Generative AI, or genAI — arguably one of the fastest-growing technologies at the moment — is everywhere: in the workplace and in one’s private life. And one need not look too far to find it. Run a quick internet search, for example, and notice the AI-generated summary at the top of the page. Watch a video online, for example, and notice an ad midstream featuring an AI-generated persona trying to sell something.

Das #H2020-Projekt #MediaFutures, in dem es darum ging, wie Start-ups und Künstler:innen mit Daten gegen Fehl- und Desinformationen im Internet kämpfen können, ist seit Kurzem abgeschlossen.

Unsere Kolleg:innen #AlexandraGaratzogianni und #MichaelFribus stellen in diesem #TIBBlog-Beitrag die Endergebnisse und wichtigsten Errungenschaften des Projekts während der dreijährigen Laufzeit vor: https://blog.tib.eu/2024/02/16/die-finalen-errungenschaften-des-mediafutures-projekts

Die finalen Errungenschaften des MediaFutures-Projekts - TIB-Blog

Anlässlich des kürzlich abgeschlossenen H2020-Projekts MediaFutures präsentieren Alexandra Garatzogianni, Koordinatorin des MediaFutures-Projekts, und Michael Fribus, ihr Stellvertreter im Projektmanagement, die Endergebnisse und wichtigsten Errungenschaften des Projekts während seiner dreijährigen Laufzeit.

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🚀 Looking for insight into how to create successful artist-AI interactions?
👉 Check out the #MediaFutures #Data #Innovation Toolkit, distilling everything we know about how art and #AI can come together to counter #misinformation: https://mediafuturestoolkit.gitbook.io/media-futures-toolkit/

About the MediaFutures Toolkit

RT @MediaFuturesEU: 📣 @AlexandraGaratz @GerritRosam & @FribusMichael will represent the #H2020 @MediaFuturesEU project during the @euenergyweek #EUSEW2022: https://ow.ly/UBPx50KNT0h

📌 This year’s theme is relevant for #MediaFutures from the standpoint of #entrepreneurship & #innovation.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/euenergyweek/status/1572597505988202503

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🚀 Are you interested in applying to #MediaFutures but still have questions on the Open Call & the programme?
👇 Reply below with your questions! We will answer them during the matchmaking session on the 9th of August. REGISTER NOW: http://ow.ly/cJxf50K21Ne
#DigitalEU #H2020

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MediaFuturesEU/status/1550443238141591552

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🚀 Are you interested in applying to #MediaFutures but still have questions on the Open Call & the programme?
👇 Reply below with your questions! We will answer them during the matchmaking session on the 9th of August. REGISTER NOW: http://ow.ly/cJxf50K21Ne
#DigitalEU #H2020

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MediaFutures will support 51 startups or SMEs and 43 artists through a total of three Open Calls in the coming three years:

https://vvvv.org/blog/mediafutures-open-call

#opencall #mediafutures #eu #horizon2020

MediaFutures Open Call

Here is to let you all know about the existence of MediaFutures. In a nutshell: MediaFutures ... brings together startups, SMEs and artists in the media value chain to expand on standard models and