AI Definitions: Steganography

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Steganography (pronounced STEG-an-ography, like the “Steg” in “stegasaurus”) - A method of tracking images by embedding an invisible code into the pixels that is invisible to humans but travels with the image throughout its lifetime. The marked images can be traced back to the original source with a high level of accuracy because the code is embedded directly into the image’s pixels. Because the watermarks are part of the image itself, they are nearly impossible to remove — able to survive common image-related manipulation such as aggressive cropping and taking screenshots of the image. If you’ve created an AI image recently, you’ve almost certainly used steganography without even knowing it. Most major AI image generation companies now use the tech. Companies are adding a poisoning application to these images. If someone tries to use them for deepfakes, the user will find them garbled and unusable.  

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18 Webinars this week about AI, Journalism & Media

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Tue, Oct 20 - Are you tracking the right prompts?

What: A 60-minute working session on building a prompt set that shows what buyers ask, where you're visible, where competitors win, and what to track next.

Who: Chris Donnelly, Co-Founder & CEO, Searchable.

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Searchable

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Tue, Oct 20 - How Nonprofits Are Automating the Work That Slows Them Down

What: Tapp Network will walk through how nonprofits are using AI-powered workflows to automate their most time-consuming operational tasks. Topics include: What a workflow is and how it functions;    Which nonprofit processes are the best candidates for automation; How to get a workflow running without a technical team 

Who: Aretha Simons, TechSoup’s Webinar Producer.

When: 1 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: TechSoup

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Tue, Oct 20 - Show, Don't Tell: How to Turn Text-Based Journalism into Visual-First Formats

What: Practical frameworks for adapting text-based reporting into short-form vertical video, multimedia carousels, and other visual formats. You'll learn which formats work best, the accessible tools to create them, and how to make smart creative choices from pitch to publish. You'll leave with templates and repeatable approaches for your own work, no video or design background required.

Who: Social and video expert Casey Silvestri.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Online News Association

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Tue, Oct 20 - Bring Creativity to Any Classroom: Pathways Through Art, Lettering, and Poetry

What: Attendees will leave able to identify realistic entry points for arts integration in a full schedule, explain how a skill-progressive pathway differs from a one-off art project, navigate the site and pull a ready-to-teach lesson in minutes, and adapt lessons across grade bands and content areas.

Who: Courtney Berolzheimer, Program Director for Blackwing Foundation.

When: 4 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Blackwing Foundation

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Tue, Oct 20 - Digital Literacy in an AI World: Teaching Students to Evaluate Sources

What: How do we help students build digital literacy skills that hold up with the growing volume of online information and AI-generated content? In this edWebinar, we'll work through AI output, headlines, and search results together, look at the checks students can run on their own, and share resources you can use with your students.

Who: Brian Thomas, Former Educator, Current Learning Designer, TCI; Loyal Frazier, Former Educator, Current Professional Development Manager, TCI.

When: 6 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI)

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Wed, Oct 21 - AI Impact Hour for Nonprofits

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.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: TechSoup

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Wed, Oct 21 - Covering Immigration with Care: A Mental Health Reporting Project Webinar

What: Learn how to report on the effects of immigration on mental health with greater context, accuracy and care. This free webinar explores trauma-informed interviewing, ethical storytelling and practical reporting strategies.

Who: Kerwin Speight Faculty, Poynter; Almudena Toral, Executive Producer, ProPublica.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Poynter Institute

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Wed, Oct 21 - Data in Campaign Reporting 102

What: You'll learn:  Where to find sources; Relationship building; Maintaining sources after the campaign is over.

Who: Kelly Garrity, The Boston Globe.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: New England First Amendment Coalition

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Wed, Oct 21 - YouTube – Growing Your Page

What: We break down the strategies that help small businesses grow on YouTube and how to access certain things within the platform.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Widener University

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Wed, Oct 21 - Postgres at Scale: What Breaks (and What Doesn’t) When Live Data Grows 

What: We will walk through exactly where vanilla Postgres starts to strain under scale, what changes structurally when you extend it with TimescaleDB, and via a live demo what actually breaks at scale versus what doesn’t. Plus, you’ll leave with a concrete scorecard for your own systems.

Who: Tiger Data’s Matty Stratton; Kim Fessel, TNS.

When: 12:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: The New Stack

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Wed, Oct 21 - Book Marketing in the Age of AI

What: This class is designed for authors and small publishers who want to incorporate AI into book marketing efforts but not defer to it entirely and let it take over.

Who: Beth Kallman Werner, Advisor to the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, and Author Connections has earned the coveted Seal of Excellence from the Association of Independent Authors.

When: 1:30 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Author Learning Center

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Wed, Oct 21 - AI Literacy Made Practical: Ethical & Effective AI Use in Libraries   

What: A practical approach to promoting AI literacy within libraries, with an eye towards equipping each library patron with answers to these questions and more.

Who: Brady Lund, Assistant Professor of Information Science at the University of North Texas.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Niche Academy

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Wed, Oct 21 - Poetry-Curious? Exploring the Craft of Prose Poetry

What: Explore what a prose poem is and what it isn’t, the different types of prose poems, and what makes a great prose poem. We’ll analyze examples and write drafts based on thought-provoking prompts. You’ll leave this workshop with a new appreciation for prose poems, fuel for your writing inspiration, and at least one new draft of your own.

Who: Bethany Jarmul, an Appalachian writer, poet, writing coach, and enthusiastic, engaging, and inspiring workshop instructor.

When: 3 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: $30                                                    

Sponsor: CraftTalk

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Thu, Oct 22 - AI in Instructional Video: What to Automate, Augment or Keep Human

What: This session looks at what AI can do well today, what is emerging next and what that means for instructional video workflows.

Who: Matthew Pierce Learning & Video Ambassador

When: 11 am, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Camtasia

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Thu, Oct 22 - AI for Small Business Marketing — Get Seen, Get Chosen, Get Customers

What: You’ll learn to use AI tools to sharpen your message, generate campaign ideas, and create content that sounds like you. Walk away with a practical marketing plan and ready to use content you can put to work immediately.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: $20                                                    

Sponsor: Small Business Development Center, Widener University

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Thu, Oct 22 - Take the Mystery Out of AI: Practical Tools for Nonprofit Impact

What: Whether you're AI-curious or AI-skeptical, you'll leave with a clearer understanding of what AI actually is, and concrete ways to start using it in your role tomorrow.

When: 12 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Members Only                                   

Sponsor: TechSoup

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Thu, Oct 22 - Nonprofit Storytelling Workshop

What: We’ll cover: Why storytelling matters; Brand voice and tone; Four proven narrative frameworks; The seven elements every great nonprofit story needs.

Who: Kiersten Hill, Director of Nonprofit Solutions.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Firespring

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Fri, Oct 23 - Accessibility: How to Make Your Website Usable For Everyone

What: This is a practical, no-jargon primer on the handful of fixes that matter most — captions, alt text, contrast, clear structure — and why getting them right isn’t just about compliance, it’s about not losing donors and volunteers who simply couldn’t use your site in the first place.

Who: Jennie Martin, Front-End Development Manager, CPACC, DHS 508 Trusted Tester.

When: 2 pm, Eastern

Where: Zoom

Cost: Free                                                   

Sponsor: Firespring

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AI Definitions: Supervised Training

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Supervised Training - In this type of AI training, the data is labeled by humans before it is given to the AI. For instance, the bot might be given a database of messages labeled “spam” or “not spam.”  Supervised learning is the most common type of machine learning and is used in voice recognition, language translation, and self-driving cars. Anything that a person can do in a second can also be performed by AI through supervised training. This is why jobs consisting of a series of one-second tasks are at risk of being replaced. Most of the present economic value of AI comes from this type of training. However, supervised training is both expensive and time-consuming.

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27 Recent Articles about How AI is Affecting Jobs

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To Get This Job at McKinsey, You’ll Need to Survive a Debate With AI First – Wall Street Journal  

AI is automating coding. So why are software developer job postings on the rise? – CNBC

Marketers Are Rebranding as ‘Engineers’ to Survive the AI Era - Wall Street Journal  

The Non-AI AI Jobs - The Atlantic

Would You Hire a Ph.D. Who Wrote Their Dissertation With AI? – Chronicle of Higher Ed

What Happens To Entry-Level Workers When AI Does The Junior Work? – Forbes

Fearing AI, workers go back to school seeking jobs that still need a human touch – Washington Post

Young Consultants Are Jumping Ship for A.I. Start-Ups – New York Times

AI Is Creating More Data. The Next Big Skill Is Knowing What To Do With It – Analytics India

The Most AI-Exposed College Graduates Are Entering Another Great Recession - Chronicle of Higher Ed

Nearly 1 in 3 College Students Are Changing Careers Over AI. Should They? – Inc

The Case for Saving Every AI Chat – Wall Street Journal

Elon survey finds Americans fear AI will hollow out the meaning of work – Elon University

Is AI killing jobs for college grads? Not yet, new study says. – Washington Post

I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings – The Conversation

China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I. – New York Times

AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds – Ars Technica  

On teaching AI how you work - Karl Koch

Why Your Boss Wants to Make Sure AI Can Read Your Slack Messages – Wall Street Journal

Where A.I. Is Creating Jobs for Humans — For a While - New York Times

Will A.I. Still Take Our Jobs? – New Yorker

AI is being taught how to do your job. Will artificial intelligence replace us, or just change the way we work? – CBS News

How to Outsmart AI When It’s Tracking Your Workday – Wall Street Journal

AI Career Skills Move Beyond Computer Science – Inside Higher Ed

Women are missing out on the AI jobs boom – Axios

Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobs – Hechinger Report

Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure – NPR

Women are missing out on the AI jobs boom - Axios

21 Articles about AI & Data Privacy

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How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact – WIRED

Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence – Tech Crunch

Scammers used AI to impersonate me, a KUOW reporter. Here’s how to avoid such traps - KUOW

Anthropic warns AI models could soon copy themselves across home devices – CNBC

I almost fell for an AI job scam because the usual red flags weren't there. Here's how I caught it. – Business Insider

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family – WIRED

Hackers Use Chinese AI Tool to Hit South Korean Banks, Exposing New Risk – Wall Street Journal  

Cybersecurity 101 still applies in the AI world – Axios

Can researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas? – Science Business

Hackers who broke into OpenAI warn the AI industry has a security problem – Washington Post

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People – 404 Media  

To Catch AI Cheating, Turnitin Wants to Monitor Students’ Keystrokes – Chronicle of Higher Ed  

They hacked a TikTok user’s camera, with help from free AI – Washington Post

The Personal AI Agent Horror Stories Are Rolling in – Business Insider

Think Your Anonymous Account Is Safe? AI Might Figure Out Who You Are – Wall Street Journal  

The AI hacking crisis is already here – Axios

Meta’s Muse is taking off. So are the privacy concerns – Fast Company

How to Maintain Our Privacy in the AI Age – Wall Street Journal  

AI has transformed the Pentagon’s aging networks into a national security risk – Washington Post

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals – Business Insider

Consumers Muse Over AI Privacy Concerns - Wall Street Journal  

JOMO: The joy of missing out

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One of the joys of aging (I’m 64) is to recognize that what used to be important no longer is. There’s no obsession now with social media, no need to follow fleeting trends; the latest movie or fashion style or restaurant or celebrity is unimportant. There’s a sense of peace that comes with pulling back from the zeitgeist and spending the day reading a library book, taking a walk, and preparing a meal. JOMO is real, and its benefits can be achieved at any age if the desire is strong enough.

Comment made by NYCtoMalibu on the New York Times article, “How to Make This the Summer of Missing Out”

Internet-connected Devices are Vulnerable to AI Worms

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Small AI models are “months away” from developing the capabilities needed to replicate themselves across internet-connected devices in the home, such as smart ovens or Android TV boxes, and use their computing power to run themselves and spread to other devices, without relying on expensive data centers. A model that is too large to fit on one device could “split into pieces, or shards” and run across multiple devices. -CNBC

28 Articles about AI & Writing

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Don’t let AI kill the author – The Economist

Don’t Write With AI, Say People Who Write With AI – The Atlantic

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting – WIRED

Research reveals the ways students really use AI to write – Virginia Tech

AI Now Writing Code That Humans Can’t Even Understand – Futurism

When Black Writers Are Guilty Until Proved Human – New York Times

Autonomous AI Agents Are Trying to Make Writing Their Livelihood – Book Gossip

New research: Avoid these 3-word phrases if you don't want to sound like AI – Fast Company

I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. – New York Times

Would You Hire a Ph.D. Who Wrote Their Dissertation With AI? – Chronicle of Higher Ed

AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You – Inside Higher Ed

Every Word My Employee Writes Reeks of A.I. – New York Times

Most Academics Haven’t Used AI to Write but Think Limited Use Is OK, Chronicle Survey Finds - Chronicle of Higher Ed

AI learned how to write from humans. Now humans are trying not to sound like AI. – Poynter

Now We’re All Starting to Talk Like AI Chatbots Too – Wall Street Journal

His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test. - New York Times

Scholars are divided over how much AI use is acceptable. – Chronicle of Higher Ed

Text Watermarking in Python: Catch Whoever Copies Your Writing – Toward Data Science

Write digital headlines both readers and Google will love – NPR

The Future of Plagiarism – Chronicle of Higher Ed

A Turning Point in AI Writing The Wall Street Journal is defending an op-ed written by a chatbot - The Atlantic

The CSU paid millions for every student to have ChatGPT. What happened after? – San Francisco Gate 

How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI? – Pew Research

The Next Wave of AI-Cheating Technology – Chronicle of Higher Ed

Can you spot AI-written stories? Listen and find out – NPR

The AI detection McCarthyism – LinkedIn

Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models – Tech Crunch

An A.I. detection start-up promises near-perfect accuracy in sniffing out writing and imagery that wasn’t made by humans – New York Times

AI Researchers Taking up Smoking?

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Some AI researchers are taking up smoking to signal their belief that AI will eventually cure cancer, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said during an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation." Sankar did not name any researchers or provide evidence for the claim, but said some people in Silicon Valley have placed quasi-religious faith in AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). -Business Insider

ChatGPT Fails to Alert Parents

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When parents set up controls to link their accounts with their teenager’s, the chatbot is supposed to send them notifications when the child brings up sensitive topics. Common Sense Media’s testers spent an hour talking about suicidal ideation, self-harm or disordered eating with new parent-linked accounts, and OpenAI sent zero notifications to the parent accounts. -New York Times

13 Things People are Trying to Get AI to Do

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