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Stephen Goforth
NewsGuard is launching “the first AI chatbot built to deliver trusted journalism only from reliable news websites” drawing from 12,000 vetted publishers. NewsGuard will share revenues 50-50 with cited news publishers. -Editor & Publisher
Can AI Predict Satellite Failures Before They Happen? The US Air Force Wants to Find Out – Military.AI
The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran – Futurism
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress – Ars Technica
AI Warfare Is at the Point of No Return. What Now? – Wall Street Journal
White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I. – New York Times
Air Force Buys New Generation of Drones Made to Strike Deep Into Enemy Territory – Wall Street Journal
Germany is launching military AI into space – Reuters
AI models are being used to predict conflict – Economist
1.5M people use GenAI.mil, the Defense Department’s enterprise generative AI platform - Defense Scoop
The Killer Robots Are Coming. The Battlefield Will Never Look the Same. – New York Times
Google director resigns, citing its military deals: 'Management has lost its moral compass' – Business Insider
Mutually Automated Destruction: The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race – New York Times
The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement – Defense One
Humans — not AI — are to blame for deadly Iran school strike, sources say – Semafor
Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online – New York Times
Cheap drones transform global battlefield – Axios
Pentagon leverages AI in Iran strikes amid feud with Anthropic - The Washington Post
Lockheed test-flies F-35 with artificial intelligence to quickly ID unknown contacts – Breaking Defense
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations – New Scientist
Whistleblower says Israeli military contractor used Google's Gemini AI - The Washington Post
Recent empirical research suggests that AI search systems exhibit a measurable bias toward earned media. LLMs disproportionately retrieves information from journalistic sources, reputable trade publications and government data over brand content that lacks third-party validation or structured, factual framing. -Muckrack
What: This session brings structure to the process of keeping up with AI, helping you identify where AI fits and where it does not. Discover how to focus your efforts, apply AI to real challenges, and build a strategy that supports consistent, mission-driven work.
Who: Loree Lipstein, Founder and CEO, Thread Strategies; Sara LaCava Lieberman, Principle, Thread Strategies.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
What: The Academic AI Impact Study, based on in-depth interviews with library professionals across eight institutions, provides evidence on how AI is reshaping core library workflows. Join practitioners from the study as they share what changed in their day-to-day operations, why human oversight remains essential, and what library leaders should consider as they evaluate AI adoption in their own institutions.
Who: Melissa Gomis, Associate Professor of Practice, Chair, Collections Strategy & Open Scholarship, University Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Adil Husain, Founder, The Intelligence Council and Managing Director, Emerging Strategy; Amit Niv, Head of Metadata and Process Management, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Library Journal
What: This session will help you understand where the tools stand today and how best to implement them into your presentation work. Research, structure, design, visuals, and rehearsal -- there are AI tools for all of these facets! Along the way, we’ll also look at where human judgment still matters most.
Who: Rick Altman Director, BetterPresenting.com.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Magazine Network
What: This webinar will provide attendees with practical knowledge on collaborative election monitoring, AI-assisted verification workflows, and newsroom coordination strategies.
Who: Nelly Kalu, multi-format broadcast and investigative journalist and Product and Innovation Manager at the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Eventbrite
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Cooperative Media
What: We'll cover the basics of data centers and finding information and sources for data center investigations.
Who: Erika Owens, Pulitzer Center; Laís Martins AI Fellow; Pablo Jiménez Arandia AI Fellow.
When: 12:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center
What: Our panel will discuss what it takes to be successful when stepping out on your own. You’ll receive practical tips from seasoned freelancers on how to court clients, craft pitches and carry out the business aspects of operating as an independent journalist. Whether you’ve been freelancing for years or you’re new to independent writing, this session is for you.
Who: Mallika Mitra, business and financial freelance journalist; Chris Morris, contributing writer at Fast Company, Inc., Moneywise and AARP; Chris Taylor, personal finance journalist; Ellen Sheng, founder and principal, Sheng Media.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Society for Advancing Business Editing & Writing
What: The future of fundraising is not about reaching more people, but reaching the right people. This session explores how AI enables a more focused approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Learn how nonprofits are reducing unnecessary contact while improving revenue and strengthening trust with their communities.
Who: Tim Paris, Co-founder and CEO, Dataro.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
What: Codex can help marketing teams turn scattered context into useful deliverables your team can review, refine, and share. Join us for a practical session on where Codex can fit into marketing workflows. We’ll focus on bringing context together, shaping useful outputs, and reviewing quality before anything gets shared.
Who: Diana Stegall, Customer Education, OpenAI; Lois Newman, Customer Enablement, OpenAI; Charmaine Pek, AI Deployment, OpenAI; Jen Beltran ,AI Deployment Manager, OpenAI.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
Who: Marlene Harris-Taylor, American Press Institute
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University & and Trusting News
What: This interactive focus group will discuss the realities of AI for small businesses. We want to hear about your successes, your frustrations, and your hesitations. Your real-world feedback will directly influence future state economic initiatives and help us design the exact training, workshops, and resources small businesses need to navigate the evolving tech landscape.
Who: Brett Smith, Director, Lehigh University SBDC.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Lehigh University Small Business Development Center
What: Strategies and practical tips for working with officials to lower the fees for open records.
Who: Kimbriell Kelly, editor-in-chief of Chicago Public Media and VP for the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The Fund for Investigative Journalism
What: Become AI-literate in the concepts most immediately to impact your career so you can start the process of upskilling now and thrive in your career for years to come.
Who: Heather Mansfield, Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Nonprofit Tech for Good
What: Meena Das Founder, Namaste Data and the AI Equity Project
Who: Discover how to assess AI decisions through a values-driven lens and build practices that strengthen trust and guide smarter choices.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Bloomerang
What: We will examine why most AI initiatives stall after early adoption and what organizations must change internally to turn AI investment into real operational performance. We will share a clear framework for aligning AI initiatives with workforce readiness, role-based capability development and scalable execution. Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of why AI strategies fail and what leading organizations are doing differently to close the gap between adoption and impact.
Who: LearnQuest managing director, Dimitri Schneiberg.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Training Industry
What: We will explore how a new generation of agentic AI is reshaping what’s possible for philanthropic organizations. Drawing on real‑world experience across analytics, fundraising strategy, and emerging AI capabilities, this session reframes personalization not as a manual effort, but as a scalable, outcome‑driven approach.
Who: Blackbaud experts Stephen Churchill and Carol Belair.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Blackbaud
What: We will discuss the legal obstacles journalists encounter when they try to obtain public records, how the attorneys of the Reporters Committee work with them to overcome those challenges, and how this affects your First Amendment Freedoms.
Who: Marisa Kabas, Independent Writer and Reporter; Adam Marshall, Director of National Litigation·Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
What: Marketing your newsroom’s work is essential to securing support, building audiences, and advancing your mission. We will help participants strengthen their elevator pitch, identify barriers to self-promotion, and find the words that clearly communicate the uniqueness and fundability of their work.
Who: Ken Schneck, Editor of The Buckeye Flame.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: New England Newspaper & Press Association
What: This session will describe how Generative AI has been used in the mathematics teacher education in Singapore, and a glimpse into the use of Gen AI in school mathematics classroom. More importantly, he will also present an alternative paradigm of using Gen AI embedding into the problem-solving mathematics curriculum.
Who: Tin Lam TOH, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
When: 8 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The National Academy of Sciences
What: In this session, we'll talk about the different ways Google is presenting content, and how you can make sure your pages get found. We'll cover keyword research, linking best practices, and coverage tips to help you stand out from the competition.
Who: Tyson Bird is the Editorial Product Manager at American City Business Journals.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $35
Sponsor: Online Media Campus
What: An exploration of the key findings from the 2026 edition of the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report and the implications for publishers.
Who: Jim Egan, Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute; Kevin Anderson, Director, Digital Revenue Network, WAN-IFRA London.
When: 8 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free to World Association of News Publishers members
Sponsor: World Association of News Publishers
Towards autonomous medical artificial intelligence agents – Nature
AI helped diagnose 18 children whose rare diseases had stumped doctors – NBC News
AI Is Taking Over Hospitals – The Atlantic
How AI is helping fight the latest Ebola outbreak - Semafor
Doctors Inject Human Subjects With First Vaccine Designed by AI – Futurism
AI Model Links Tumor Mutations to Treatment Response - UCSD
HHS Launches Crackdown Using AI to Detect Medicaid Fraud and Waste – Wall Street Journal
Wearables increasingly look to AI to predict health problems before they happen – Seattle Times
The Hantavirus Outbreak Is Resurrecting Covid-Era Misinformation Tactics – New York Times
How AI is making health care even less affordable – Axios
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses – The Guardian
Your Doctor Is Using A.I. to Take Notes. What Could Go Wrong? – New York Times
Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first. – Washington Post
Therapists are using AI to take notes. Is it a useful tool or a breach of trust? – NPR
Artificial intelligence is being used in South Korea to make care calls to older adults who live alone and to fight dementia – New York Times
AI scamming ain’t brain surgery, but even neurosurgeons get fooled - The Hill
Doctors' growing AI deepfakes problem – Axios
How Stanford patients help expose ‘fault lines’ in health AI adoption – Stat
Have a Thorny Medical Question? Your Doctor May Be Using A.I. for That. - New York Times
In some cases, the very same companies selling AI detection tools are also making apps that allow students to cheat, including by writing papers for them or rephrasing text written by others. The head of education at the A.I. company that makes Grammarly calls the race between detection and evasion “ultimately, a dead end.” She urges educators to accept that most future writing would be produced in a partnership between artificial intelligence and human discernment. -New York Times
Natural Language Processing - This type of machine learning transfers language into numbers to make it intelligible to machines. The first step is tokenization, where text is divided into word units called tokens. These tokens are then transformed into vectors (lists of numbers). A single word token might be represented by more than 1,000 numbers in a vector. The vector is considered to have a higher dimension when many numbers are used. The meaning is therefore nuanced. A low dimension for a vector means the list of numbers is low. While a low dimension is not as nuanced, it is easier to work with. A deep learning model (typically a transformer model) can use these vectors to understand the meaning of words and determine how the words relate to one another. An example would be “king “relates to “man” while “queen” relates to “woman.”
When researchers presented a large language model with 72 simulated regulatory environments, the AI learned to exploit loopholes in everything from credit card rewards programs to school funding formulas, despite never being instructed to do so. The loopholes couldn’t be patched fast enough to keep up with the mischief. In more than 100 iterations of five scenarios, the model kept finding new exploits, each more subtle than the last. And existing safety mechanisms didn’t catch the rule-bending behavior. -Science.org
U.S.-based developers and small companies are turning to Chinese models to cut costs. Although Chinese models still lag behind the best American ones in performance, they can handle most tasks at a fraction of the price. -Rest of World
You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work – Futurism
AI stumbles on questions of faith – Axios
To Understand Pope Leo’s Efforts on A.I., Look at the Man Shaking His Hand - New York Times
The Vatican is racing to build digital defenses for the AI era - Axios
Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders. – Washington Post
The Atheist and the Machine God - New York Times
AI stumbles on questions of faith – Axios
The Catholic Priest Who Helped Write Anthropic’s A.I. Ethics Code – Observer
Unitree robot becomes Japanese Buddhist monk “Buddharoid” – Cybernews
Does AI Have a Place in the Pulpit? – The Dispatch
AI Use Growing Among Christian Ministry Leaders - Ministry Watch
Vatican releases long-awaited document on AI and Transhumanism – omnes
From churches to chatbots: How AI is fusing with religion – Reuters
AI Agents Created Their Own Religion, Crustafarianism, On An Agent-Only Social Network – Forbes
Pope Leo warns of dangers of AI, emphasizes dignity of human faces, voices – Catholic Culture
It Makes Sense That People See A.I. as God – New York Times
Is Transhumanism the Future or Our Downfall? – Psychology Today
AI ethics in Catholic health – Boston College
Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate – Religious News Service
Don’t Want to Use AI at Work? Tell Your Boss It Goes Against Your Religion.- Vice
AI Only Responds to the Questions We Know to Ask – Christianity Today
In 2023, data centers directly consumed 66 billion liters of water. That number sounds alarming, until you realize that America’s golf courses used almost 2 trillion liters that same year. California’s almond farms use far more than that. At the national level, all data centers combined currently account for less than 0.5 percent of the country’s freshwater use. -The Atlantic
Moravec’s Paradox - What is hard for humans is easy for machines, and what is easy for humans is hard for machines. For instance, a robot can play chess or hold an object still for hours on end with no problem. Tying a shoelace, catching a ball, or having a conversation is another matter. This is why AI excels at complex tasks like data analysis but also struggles with simple physical interactions, and why developing robots that are effective in the real world will take time and extraordinary technological advances. This paradox is attributed to Hans Moravec, an Austrian who worked at Carnegie Mellon.
When photography was developed in the 19th century, it replaced painting for most utilitarian purposes; a camera could document what things looked like more accurately and cheaply than a painter could. But the art of painting didn’t die out. On the contrary, it entered a golden age: Freed from the obligation of realism, painters developed radical new ways of seeing, such as Impressionism, Cubism, and abstract expressionism. Now AI has the potential to liberate literature in the same way. In a world full of emptily competent prose, we need writers daring, challenging, and obstinate enough to tell us what it’s like to be human, “from the inside.” - Adam Kirsch writing in The Atlantic
9 Best Academic Research AI Tools in 2026 - PaperGuide
Concern for study looking into whether conversations with AI could change viewpoints – Retraction Watch
Are academics making an (em) dash for AI? – Times Higher Ed
AI can help scientists publish less - Nature
Revised university grants commission guidelines in India “treat unacknowledged AI use as plagiarism in PhD work.” – Times of India
Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them? – Nature
AI can mass-produce finance research papers indistinguishable from human work, reports study – Phys.org
AI is eating the academic publishing industry alive, but some good might come of it – Daily Maverick
Why AI can’t be trusted to write scientific reviews – Nature
To Trust or Not to Trust: Authors' Response to AI-based Reviews – ArXiv
Academia Is Enshittifying. AI Made It Faster. - Sam Illingworth
Science replaces, issues correction for a cover image after discovering it was partially AI-generated. – Science.org
Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names - NBC News
40 Years of Changes In Scientific Publishing: From Conflict of Interest to Generative AI – Health Affairs Scholar
How an academic’s AI use was exposed by her peers – Sydney Morning Herald
AI in peer review: the elephant in the editorial room – Nature
Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names – NBC News
Doctors have injected humans with the first AI-designed vaccine. It has the potential to protect us, not only against an entire family of human coronaviruses, but also against deadly virus mutations before they even occur. That’s according to University of Cambridge researchers.- Futurism
What: This webinar seeks to equip media professionals with practical legal awareness and connecting them with resources that safeguard their right to report.
When: 6 am, Eastern
Where: Facebook Live
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Global Neighbourhood For Media Innovation
What: Learn how to build a social media plan that aligns with your agency’s CX goals. We’ll walk through practical steps to help you reach the right audiences, deliver meaningful content, and measure success.
Who: Ellen Kamilakis Assistant District Administrator, Communications, Virginia Department of Transportation.
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: govloop
Who: Joanna S. Kao, Pulitzer Center Staff; Maria Karienova; Pulitzer Center Staff; Si Err Yap AI Fellow.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center
What: We will explore how journalists can gain audience trust and navigate misinformation and controversial statements from officials while producing accessible, fact-based journalism.
Who: KFF Health News journalists Julie Rovner and Amanda Seitz.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: National Press Club
What: You'll learn: The strategies that helped a laid-off Philadelphia Inquirer editor turn around her grueling job hunt; How to visualize the progress you've made and skills you've developed over the course of your career to better adapt to shifts; Proven tools to help you assess where you want to go next and design your action plan to get there.
Who: Career River creator Bridget Thoreson.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Career River
What: We will take you behind the scenes and explain what media actually is, how you can use the media, email, podcasts, television and more to create realistic visibility. Plus how to build the kind of platform publishers want to see, even before you have a book deal.
Who: TV Producer Paula Rizzo.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Writer’s Digest University
What: In a new report from Elon's Imagining the Digital Future Center, experts call for radical change across institutions and social structures. The vast majority of expert respondents called for leaders to work together now to build a coordinated resilience infrastructure for the age of artificial intelligence to counterbalance the human and systemic challenges posed by widespread AI adoption.
Who: Lee Rainie, Director, Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: USC
What: We will consider the impact AI tools are having or stand to have on teaching and learning in your various fields of study; articulate your vision for AI’s role in your teaching; and explore ways you might integrate AI into meaningful learning activities. We’ll review some best practices and some suggestions for using AI as part of your learning environment that have resulted from the larger pedagogical conversation thus far.
When: 2 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: The University of Chicago
Who: Mollie Muchna, Trusting News.
When: 4 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University & and Trusting News
What: This webinar will explore the role of AI in manuscript development, including its benefits, limitations, and ethical considerations such as authorship and transparency. Through a moderated discussion, participants will gain insight into how AI is shaping the manuscript and publishing process. At the end of the webinar, there will be a Q&A session.
Who: Rhea Liang, General and Breast Surgeon MD Curriculum Lead, Bond University Gold Coast, Australia; Thomas K. Varghese Jr., Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) Salt Lake City, Utah; Julian Smith, Editor-in-Chief, ANZ Journal of Surgery Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
When: 6:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: American College of Surgeons
What: Learn how faculty, researchers, and university teams can create Workspace Agents that help with recurring academic and operational workflows. This session will show where agents are most valuable: when a task depends on trusted institutional knowledge, follows a repeatable process, or requires the same kind of judgment across many requests.
Who: Lucas Salzman Customer Education Programs, Edu, OpenAi; Keelan Schule, Education Solutions Engineer, OpenAI.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: OpenAI Academy
What: Find out how libraries can responsibly plug themselves into the AI chat environments their users are already in – and the strategic choices that come with doing so. We’ll explore practical approaches available today, from browser-level tools that follow users across AI platforms, to institutional connectors that integrate library systems directly into AI environments, drawing on early experience from academic library partners.
Who: Allen Jones, Senior Director of Digital Libraries & Technical Services, The New School Libraries & Archives; Annette Coates Readshaw, Head of Library Collection and Digital Services, Northumbria University; Christine Stohn Senior Director, Product Manager, Clarivate; Miri Botzer, Vice President, Product Innovation, Clarivate.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Clarivate
What: This is a practical, interactive conversation designed for executive directors, staff, board members, and volunteers who want to understand what AI can realistically do in a nonprofit setting. You’ll see simple demonstrations and real examples, and you'll have a chance to share your experiences, challenges, and insights with the group.
Who: Aretha Simons, Webinar Producer, Nonprofit & AI Consultant.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: TechSoup
What: This workshop examines how story structure can distort disability coverage when reporting falls into legitimacy-trial framing, burden logic, or agency failures. Using tools from Fix the Frame, participants will learn how to spot and correct these patterns while building stories that more accurately reflect lived experience and structural barriers. The session also treats intersectionality as a core reporting practice, showing how race, class, gender, geography, and disability shape what gets covered, how it gets framed, and what is often missed.
Who: Russell Midori, the board chair of Military Veterans in Journalism and a board member of both the Disabled Journalists Association and the Overseas Press Club Foundation.
When: 1 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Military Veterans in Journalism
What: How the speaker audited his process to define where AI make sense and where not, what is scheduled and what is sem-automated and why.
Who: Sabahudin Murtic, Sabahudin
When: 1:30 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: luma
What: This webinar will allay your fears over AI taking over the world—or at least taking over the writing world—and putting all of us creative writers out of business. No prior technical knowledge is required—only a passion for reading, exploring how technology shapes storytelling, and uncovering how human stories shape technology.
Who: Professor & Chair of English & Creative Writing at University of Miami.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: $30
Sponsor: WritingCraft.com
What: The upsides and the downsides of artificial intelligence for journalists and journalism. Learn about the acronyms, the platforms, the handful of ways journalists have used AI in the newsroom, and the many cases where journalists have investigated AI systems to uncover harms. Bring your questions about AI!
Who: New York University Professor Meredith Broussard
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Journalism & Women Symposium
What: The session will reveal how AI is reshaping classrooms, faculty roles, student expectations, and the future value proposition of management education. This keynote offers an insider’s perspective on what it means to lead a business school through one of the most significant educational disruptions in decades.
Who: Louis-David Benyayer, Associate Professor at ESCP Business School (Paris campus) and the AI Initiatives Coordinator for the school.
When: 4 am, Eastern
Where: RingCentral
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
What: This webinar explores the evolving challenges posed by digital platforms, artificial intelligence and generative technologies in amplifying harmful narratives and social polarization.
When: 7:30 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: UNESCO
What: Join leading experts in investigative journalism to share hands-on strategies for securely managing leaks and navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. Experts will walk through the full life cycle of an investigation built on large data, from initial assessment and secure data management to corroboration, collaboration, and what to do with the data after publication.
Who: Pierre Romera Zhang, chief technology officer at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; Alesya Marokhovska, editor-in-chief of iStories; Bastian Obermayer, co-founder of Paper Trail Media; Romina Mella, managing editor and investigative journalist at IDL-Reporteros in Peru.
When: 9 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Global Investigative Journalism Network
What: This online training is designed for reporters interested in getting started on reporting on artificial intelligence, even with minimal or no knowledge of AI. We will dissect what makes a good AI accountability story, from quick turnaround stories to more ambitious investigations.
Who: Khari Johnson, Grantee; Sushmita AI Fellow.
When: 11 am, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Pulitzer Center
What: We will explain how hidden markups and outdated fulfillment and reporting models can quietly reduce profit margins, limit pricing flexibility and make it harder for local sales teams to compete for business.
Who: Zack Watson of Rambunctious Rhino.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Editor & Publisher
What: We'll break down key findings on video effectiveness, exploring how elements like pacing, visuals, and audio impact learner engagement. You'll gain actionable insights to create better learning videos—whether they stand alone or support broader instructional strategies. Through interactive discussions, real-world examples, and practical takeaways, you'll leave with a clear framework for making informed, research-backed decisions about video in your learning programs.
Who: Matt Pierce Camtasia, Learning and Video Ambassador.
When: 3 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Camtasia
What: We will share how they identified and activated one of the hardest audiences to reach. Learn how stronger audience intelligence can improve targeting precision, activation, and campaign performance.
Who: Rob Sederman, CEO, AMBIT; Mike Julian, Definitive Healthcare
When: 7 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Definitive Healthcare
What: How to define your unique value, showcase your strengths, and create a brand that stands out in today's competitive communications landscape.
Who: Lauren Debick, Brand Strategist at Creative Springs; President of Quotes, the AD/PR Club at UCF. Lauren Cordero.
When: 12 pm, Eastern
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Florida Public Relations Association
The ELIZA effect - When humans mistake unthinking chat from machines for that of a human. We think we are seeing understanding and intention when in reality a chatbot is just matching patterns and reflecting our statements back to us in different ways.
Here’s How Long It Will Take for AI to Reach Its Potential – Wall Street Journal
We Asked the Future of Truth Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well – Wired
What the 1920s Can Teach Us About Surviving the AI Revolution - Wall Street Journal
AI godfather Yann LeCun's blunt advice for the AI age - Axios
AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. – Rest of World
Can AI Help Predict the Earth’s Climate a Decade from Now? – The Brink
Bracing for the A.I. Economy to Come – New York Times
America isn’t ready for what AI will do to jobs – The Atlantic
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It – New York Times
The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing Moltbook is the chaotic future of the internet. – The Atlantic
The Future We Feared Is Already Here – New York Times
Communicators should start to think about the different AI systems as their own separate channels or audiences, just like you might think about pitching various outlets or types of media differently. Stay focused on doing what we do best: telling stories and finding the right outlet to deliver them to the audiences that matter most. -Muckrack
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