klaudia jaźwińska
@klaudia.bsky.social
researching journalism x tech for @towcenter.bsky.social, writing in @columjournreview.bsky.social
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We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling t...
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NEW: We ran 1600 queries across eight generative AI search tools to see how they cite news content. They all did pretty poorly. (w/ @aisvarya17.bsky.social for @towcenter.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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Starting to think that we shouldn't allow the worst people in the world to have a hand in shaping technology
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Starting to think that we shouldn't allow the worst people in the world to have a hand in shaping technology
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
On Feb. 19, the @towcenter.bsky.social will be hosting a panel exploring how AI-enabled search is transforming news distribution and discovery. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-search-...
AI Search and News
The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is hosting a panel and lunch discussing AI and search in journalism.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On Feb. 19, the @towcenter.bsky.social will be hosting a panel exploring how AI-enabled search is transforming news distribution and discovery. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-search-...
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pouring one out for the systems thinkers who can see the abyss and have to live with the darkness
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
pouring one out for the systems thinkers who can see the abyss and have to live with the darkness
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Very interesting new work from my @towcenter.bsky.social colleagues - building on excellent @wired.com article on LLMs and breaking news. Who is making decisions on when to ‘turn on’ web search for chatbots and when not to? www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI chatbots can search the Web. So why don't they?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
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January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Very interesting new work from my @towcenter.bsky.social colleagues - building on excellent @wired.com article on LLMs and breaking news. Who is making decisions on when to ‘turn on’ web search for chatbots and when not to? www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
Hallucinations often get the blame, but many bad AI answers happen because the bot doesn’t bother to check the web and instead relies on stale training data.
AI chatbots can search the Web. So why don't they?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
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January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Hallucinations often get the blame, but many bad AI answers happen because the bot doesn’t bother to check the web and instead relies on stale training data.
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When ChatGPT said that the US capture of Maduro didn't happen, Wired characterized it was "expected behavior." But @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I think AI platforms' failure to activate web search for a breaking news-related query is not expected, it's a product defect. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI Chatbots Can Search the Web – So Why Don’t They?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
www.cjr.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
When ChatGPT said that the US capture of Maduro didn't happen, Wired characterized it was "expected behavior." But @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I think AI platforms' failure to activate web search for a breaking news-related query is not expected, it's a product defect. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
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AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs.
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI chatbots can search the Web. So why don't they?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
www.cjr.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs.
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs.
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI chatbots can search the Web. So why don't they?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
www.cjr.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
AI platforms have the capacity to search the web to answer questions about the news. But sometimes they choose not to, which can result in wildly inaccurate outputs.
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
This has real consequences for journalism, public understanding, and the information landscape. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
When ChatGPT said that the US capture of Maduro didn't happen, Wired characterized it was "expected behavior." But @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I think AI platforms' failure to activate web search for a breaking news-related query is not expected, it's a product defect. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
AI Chatbots Can Search the Web – So Why Don’t They?
Why AI platforms should be accountable for misrepresenting breaking news
www.cjr.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
When ChatGPT said that the US capture of Maduro didn't happen, Wired characterized it was "expected behavior." But @aisvarya17.bsky.social and I think AI platforms' failure to activate web search for a breaking news-related query is not expected, it's a product defect. www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...
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People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has still not said anything publicly about federal agents raiding the home of one of his reporters last week.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has still not said anything publicly about federal agents raiding the home of one of his reporters last week.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
He is, however, using his X account to refute apparent misinformation about himself within a few hours of it being posted.
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I read this paragraph four times. Not because it's murky, but to let the message sink in. www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I read this paragraph four times. Not because it's murky, but to let the message sink in. www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
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I’ve written for a long time (almost 2 decades) that platform aims are at odds with public interest journalism, and partnerships with them are inevitably compromised. In 2026 that relationship faces the ultimate test, which tech companies will likely fail
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Are tech companies allies or threats to press freedom?
In 2026, this will be the question that matters most to journalists.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I’ve written for a long time (almost 2 decades) that platform aims are at odds with public interest journalism, and partnerships with them are inevitably compromised. In 2026 that relationship faces the ultimate test, which tech companies will likely fail
www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...
www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
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This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but apparently a lot: If you are not in a position to verify the accuracy of some synthetic text, the synthetic text is not useful/has a high potential to be misleading.
This is one of those cases.
This is one of those cases.
The rationale I was given for AI Summaries *alongside* ordinary abstracts:
* The AI-generated summaries are intended to be more accessible to non-experts.
(1/3)
* The AI-generated summaries are intended to be more accessible to non-experts.
(1/3)
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but apparently a lot: If you are not in a position to verify the accuracy of some synthetic text, the synthetic text is not useful/has a high potential to be misleading.
This is one of those cases.
This is one of those cases.
Today's addition is a partnership between OpenAI and TIME centered around fostering AI literacy
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December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today's addition is a partnership between OpenAI and TIME centered around fostering AI literacy
tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Today's additions:
- a commercial partnership that allows Google to test new experimental features
- new licensing partners for Gemini
- a deal between ProRata and the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization
- a commercial partnership that allows Google to test new experimental features
- new licensing partners for Gemini
- a deal between ProRata and the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today's additions:
- a commercial partnership that allows Google to test new experimental features
- new licensing partners for Gemini
- a deal between ProRata and the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization
- a commercial partnership that allows Google to test new experimental features
- new licensing partners for Gemini
- a deal between ProRata and the Danish Press Publications’ Collective Management Organization
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I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
Today's addition was a new licensing partnership between Condé Nast and Microsoft, announced late last week
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Today's addition was a new licensing partnership between Condé Nast and Microsoft, announced late last week
We've already added two more lawsuits and a big new deal by Meta
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We've already added two more lawsuits and a big new deal by Meta
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The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is releasing a tracker, created by Tow Researchers @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social, that monitors lawsuits, deals, and grants between news publishers and AI companies
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Lawsuit or license? A new tool to keep track of disputes and deals between publishers and AI companies.
Announcing a new tool to keep track of disputes and deals between news publishers and AI companies.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is releasing a tracker, created by Tow Researchers @klaudia.bsky.social and @aisvarya17.bsky.social, that monitors lawsuits, deals, and grants between news publishers and AI companies
www.cjr.org/analysis/law...
tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...
www.cjr.org/analysis/law...
tow.cjr.org/ai-deals-law...