🧠 Cognitive Science & AI
Addressing misperceptions takes more than combating fake news
Source: Cell
🔗 https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1364-6613(25)00182-2
Meta Acquires AI Audio Startup to Strengthen Its Voice Tech Arsenal
Source: The Information
🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-acquires-ai-audio-startup-waveforms
Elon Musk’s X Wins Legal Battle Over Deepfake Law in California
Source: Politico
🔗 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/elon-musk-x-court-win-california-deepfake-law-00494936
The Father of Perplexity Warns: Spend Less Time on Instagram, More on AI
Source: Xavier Studer
🔗 https://www.xavierstuder.com/2025/08/le-pere-de-perplexity-conseille-de-passer-moins-de-temps-sur-instagram-et-plus-sur-lia/
Watch the Launch of GPT-5: OpenAI's Next Leap Forward
Source: Reuters
🔗 https://www.reuters.com/business/watch-live-openai-launches-gpt-5-artificial-intelligence-model-2025-08-07/
📺 Media & Journalism
Skydance and Paramount Merger Raises Questions for CBS News
Source: Poynter
🔗 https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/skydance-and-paramount-complete-their-merger-whither-cbs-news/
A Dealmaker’s Dream: Inside the Skydance-Paramount Merger
Source: The New York Times
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/business/media/skydance-paramount-merger.html?smid=threads-nytimes
Report: Local Reporters Increasingly Retained After Fellowship Ends
Source: Nieman Lab
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/report-for-america-journalists-increasingly-keep-jobs-in-their-host-newsrooms-data-shows/
LCI’s Editorial Shake-Up Leaves Journalists Disoriented in France
Source: La Lettre A
🔗 https://www.lalettre.fr/fr/medias_audiovisuel/2025/04/03/a-lci-la-ligne-editoriale-de-guillaume-debre-deroute-ses-troupes,110408128-eve
The Case That Saved the Press — And Why Trump Wants It Gone
Source: Nieman Lab
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-case-that-saved-the-press-and-why-trump-wants-it-gone/
Russian Exile Media Seek New Audience Strategies Amid Censorship
Source: Reuters Institute
🔗 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/still-listening-audience-strategies-russia-focused-media-exile
Japanese Newspaper Sues AI Company Over Content Use
Source: RFI
🔗 https://www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/20250808-presse-un-quotidien-japonais-poursuit-en-justice-une-soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9-d-ia-pour-l-utilisation-de-ses-contenus
AI-Generated Fake News Forces AFP to Issue a Denial
Source: Ozap
🔗 https://www.ozap.com/actu/ce-n-est-pas-la-premiere-fois-que-grok-commet-une-erreur-de-ce-type-l-afp-obligee-de-dementir-une-fake-news-propagee-par-l-ia-d-elon-musk-sur-x/651100
Trump, TikTok, and the Press Pool: The White House Gaggle in Chaos
Source: Columbia Journalism Review
🔗 https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/gaggle-goldbricks-white-house-trump-press-pool-math-prodigy-hannah-cairo.php
🎧 Pop Culture & Entertainment
The Public Reacts to Sophie Fouron's 'Bonsoir Bonsoir' Hosting in Canada
Source: 7 Jours
🔗 https://www.7jours.ca/2025/08/07/bonsoir-bonsoir-voici-ce-que-le-public-a-pense-de-lanimation-de-sophie-fouron?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7q0IjzpkdDOjap6TzjDMM-HwFoNk3v2zjeZ5RoLMHWm5r9w3GO2vUw5eH8KA_aem_QapkBEcJnpSHis3r5HCuWQ
Instagram Map Feature May Expose More Than Intended
Source: Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/08/08/instagram-map-la-nouvelle-fonctionnalite-qui-peut-reveler-beaucoup-plus-que-prevu/
Instagram Tests ‘Picks’ to Highlight User Interests
Source: Social Media Today
🔗 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-experiments-with-picks-to-showcase-user-interests/757008/
Midjourney Says Disney Cannot Prevent AI Training and Wants to ‘Have It Both Ways
Source: IMDB
🔗 https://www.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65416257/
Splendor and Misery of Gossip
Source: La Presse
🔗 https://lp.ca/2Uw69K?sharing=true
Uncertain Future for Pettersen and Crête at 98.5 FM in Montreal
Source: La Presse
🔗 https://lp.ca/6ARJPh?sharing=true
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