The Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) has released a new cross-national study examining how leading free AI chatbots respond to questions about civic values and human rights. Titled Evaluating Free AI Chatbots on Civic and Human Rights Topics: A 15-Country Expert Study, the report offers an independent assessment of how widely used generative AI systems…
A study analyzing the financial performance and ownership structures of 100 AI companies whose tools are used by media and journalists has been released today by the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC). Authored by Sydney Martin, the report marks the initial phase of a larger initiative aimed at fostering transparency and informed decision-making regarding…
MJRC and Thomson Foundation launch the first study mapping the use of AI by newsrooms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Exploring the nuanced integration of AI in newsrooms across the V4 countries—Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, a new study mapping AI use in the newsrooms across the region highlights the substantial…
MJRC Expert Chats Series Simone Benazzo in conversation with Colin Porlezza of Università della Svizzera italiana Last October the Institute of European Democrats published a policy report that I crafted about the untapped potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU’s fight against autocratization: Building democratic AI for the EU: Potential, tools, challenges. Since most…
In a new journal article, Anya Schiffrin discusses how AI is used to combat mis- and disinformation. The article published in Tech Policy Press breaks down some of the findings of a recent report by Anya Schiffrin and her graduate students for the German Marshall Fund on the AI start-up scene. Based on interviews with 20 AI start-ups, she explains how…
Courtney Radsch examines the weaponization of state-aligned information operations and online harassment, their gendered dimension and AI’s role, in a new report for OSCE. The report, entitled Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation: State-Aligned Information Operations and the Distortion of the Public Sphere, analyses the dynamics of state-aligned disinformation campaigns and the role that AI plays in this context, with…