Meryl Krieger

@Merylk
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I research, talk about, and teach on the impact of digital technology on culture (especially AI these days), do instructional design, and am passionate about: baking, cats, crocheting, and running, in no particular order. Writes about stuff.
Meryl KriegerApr 2, 2025
#genAI #generativeAI
I'm down the rabbit hole today, looking at the studies available for accuracy rates on generative AI summaries. For those of you on a similar journey, I came across this https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php
There was the #BBC study in 2024 (reported on in their Feb 2025 article (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m17d8827ko) but since that was a whole year ago, I'm compiling more recent reports. Please do share in comments any I'm missing? Yes, I have the report from January 2025 about the Apple AI summary
AI Search Has a Citation Problem

We compared eight AI search engines. They’re all bad at citing news.

Columbia Journalism Review
Meryl KriegerDec 3, 2024
Jason KoeblerAug 26, 2024

New: We got the pitch dek for the company that wants to target ads by listening to your devices. Google has cut them off in response to our reporting:

https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/

Here’s the Pitch Deck for ‘Active Listening’ Ad Targeting

404 Media previously reported Cox Media Group (CMG) was advertising a service that claimed to target ads based on what potential customers said near device microphones. Now, here is the pitch deck CMG sent to prospective companies. Google has kicked CMG off its Partner Program in response.

404 Media
Meryl KriegerMay 13, 2024
This. And, yes. My cats have been the saving of me so many times I've lost count. #CatsOfMastodon https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/a-man-and-his-cat/678357/
The cat who saved me

I will never owe another cat the debt that I owe her.

The Atlantic
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
Nicole HennigSep 25, 2023
We live in a world that social media built https://open.substack.com/pub/strangeloopcanon/p/we-live-in-a-world-that-social-media (good history of why no one trusts big tech anymore) #AI #SocialMedia #history
We live in a world that social media built

Strange Loop Canon
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
Show threadGeorge Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Sep 25, 2023
But the studios know that if they want productions to resume, they had better wisen up and strike a deal quickly with the actors next. /2
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Sep 25, 2023
Congratulations to the WGA for successfully staring down the studio execs and achieving nearly everything writers have asked for. Your demands were based on common sense, fairness and decency, and your perseverance in the face of all the stonewalling and gaslighting was admirable and vital. The shutdowns continue with the SAG-AFTRA strike, where I have joined the picket lines myself to show my wholehearted support. /1
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
Robert ReichSep 25, 2023
Call me a radical Lefty, but I don’t think an entry-level federal employee should be subject to more stringent ethics rules than Clarence Thomas.
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
Long overdue update on the introduction of a third cat into the household: Feline negotiations and detente?
#catsofmastodon #cats
Meryl KriegerSep 25, 2023
Amanda WeaverSep 25, 2023
The USPS Covid test site is live. Order your four free tests today. https://www.covid.gov/tests
COVID.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests.

COVID.gov
Meryl KriegerAug 25, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Aug 25, 2023
How do you like them apples?
https://www.comicsands.com/matt-damon-teachers-rally-reporter-2664221621.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
Matt Damon Brilliantly Shuts Down Reporter on Job Security Claim

How do you like them apples?

Comic Sands