Cuttings: The true face of X political influencers

Plus Meta's alleged killing of harmful research, and AI workers' worries about their own product

Getting AI in perspective

Yes, AI matters to journalism – but can we talk about other things, too, please?

Fighting the new censorship: Emily Maitlis and Dr Ayala Panievsky

Emily Mailtlis interviews Dr Ayala Panievsky on how journalists counter the tools populist politicians use to control the narrative

24 years later

It's my 24th anniversary as a blogger.

Your Sceptical AI Reader

Somewhere between AI Boosterism and Doomerism, there's a realistic path to be navigated.

2001: the year blogging changed the world

Yet we wouldn't realise how much for two decades

The siren song of AI scale

Turning to AI to write stories will not save smaller outlets

One Man on a Podcast

It's an Addition to what I normally do

Cuttings: Facebook, The Nerve and the Butcher

Curated read for paying members of OM&HB. And curated with love and thanks.

The ever-evolving face of social video

If you're still stuck in the “it's all kids dancing” mindset, you're slipping way behind the times…

Report and Connect: a manifesto for the survival of journalism in the AI age

A call for us to stop letting the tech companies define our work, and reset our focus on the audiences we need to survive

People still misuse AI

But it’s not their fault. Well, not entirely.