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“Net-neutrality rules require internet service providers to treat internet data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users. The rules also ...

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“We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do,” said Connor Hayes, vice-president of product for generative AI at Meta. “They’ll have ...

We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.

“Objectivity as an aspirational ideal ends up encouraging journalists to avoid addressing what matters.” Even in recent conversations about transforming journalism, objectivity as an ideal often gets ...

“If media companies can’t figure out how to be the bundlers, other layers of the ecosystem — telecoms, devices, social platforms — will.” We’ve covered 2024 as the fragmentation election, and media ...

“If you are a journalist or a journalism student, you should play with it, a lot, while it’s still open and cheap.” A reporter uses ChatGPT in her personal life, but isn’t allowed to do so at work. A ...

“AI-driven accessibility isn’t only better product design but also good business.” AI is everywhere. Amidst all the doom and hype, newsrooms are discovering a wide range of use cases for AI in ...

“Journalists will continue to take matters into their own hands — or spreadsheets — either as entrepreneurs striking out on their own or innovators in established and legacy institutions.” The ...

“Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.” What would you do to get your reporting in front of an audience of hundreds ...

“Every president claims a mandate and a decisive victory, but saying so doesn’t make it so. Media coverage is crucial for determining the scope of that power.” In the spring of 2017, during the first ...