Shelby Grossman
@shelbygrossman.bsky.social
Professor of Practice at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Super important work.
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Super important work.
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My May paper with @shelbygrossman.bsky.social on AI-generated CSAM recommended that state lawmakers update mandatory-reporter laws to cover "nudify" incidents in schools. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers are working to do just that, spurred by an incident our paper discusses. www.witf.org/2025/10/07/l...
Lancaster Country Day AI incident moves lawmakers to push changes in mandatory reporting law | WITF
Three Lancaster County lawmakers are working on legislation that would require school administrators to report the discovery of any artificially g […]
www.witf.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My May paper with @shelbygrossman.bsky.social on AI-generated CSAM recommended that state lawmakers update mandatory-reporter laws to cover "nudify" incidents in schools. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers are working to do just that, spurred by an incident our paper discusses. www.witf.org/2025/10/07/l...
Agree with Riana. NCMEC staff are truly doing god's work, but many actors in this space lose their mind with the language NCMEC is using here. ⬆️ in CyberTips ≠ ⬆️ increase in harm. Claiming otherwise is misleading.
And the AI problem is real, but many of these AI CyberTips may be failed generations.
And the AI problem is real, but many of these AI CyberTips may be failed generations.
Just saw that NCMEC released Jan-June CyberTipline report stats, a first for them, because of "sharp increases in new and evolving crimes targeting children on the internet, including online enticement, use of artificial intelligence and child sex trafficking." www.missingkids.org/blog/2025/sp...
Spike in online crimes against children a “wake-up call”
Already this year, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has seen sharp...
www.missingkids.org
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Agree with Riana. NCMEC staff are truly doing god's work, but many actors in this space lose their mind with the language NCMEC is using here. ⬆️ in CyberTips ≠ ⬆️ increase in harm. Claiming otherwise is misleading.
And the AI problem is real, but many of these AI CyberTips may be failed generations.
And the AI problem is real, but many of these AI CyberTips may be failed generations.
🎒 My team is hiring for two positions! Your colleagues will be amazing, the Cronkite School is amazing, ASU is amazing, Phoenix is amazing. 👇
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🎒 My team is hiring for two positions! Your colleagues will be amazing, the Cronkite School is amazing, ASU is amazing, Phoenix is amazing. 👇
🍺 Are you a journalist in the Phoenix area thinking about AI? The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the Cronkite School at ASU is hosting a happy hour on Thursday, October 9 from 4-6pm. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP Form: Phoenix-Area AI and Journalism Happy Hour
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 4-6pm
Location: A bar in uptown Phoenix. We will share the location with those who RSVP.
Are food and drinks provided? We provide a drink ticket for the first 30...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🍺 Are you a journalist in the Phoenix area thinking about AI? The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the Cronkite School at ASU is hosting a happy hour on Thursday, October 9 from 4-6pm. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I've been playing around with Google Workspace with Gemini, and asked Gemini to make an image for a slide on LLM benchmarking.
August 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've been playing around with Google Workspace with Gemini, and asked Gemini to make an image for a slide on LLM benchmarking.
Reposted by Shelby Grossman
You know I would go out on a limb and say that a bot shouldn't do that to a 13 year old child either but I'm not a Meta AI policy person
August 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You know I would go out on a limb and say that a bot shouldn't do that to a 13 year old child either but I'm not a Meta AI policy person
If you're not already subscribed to @indicator.media, it's worth it. It's helping me stay up to date on OSINT stuff. Today's newsletter was wonderfully in the weeds and fascinating. indicator.media/p/ai-enabled...
AI-enabled geolocation: A conversation with GeoSpy's Daniel Heinen
He said that using an LLM to do geolocation is "like using a chainsaw to do surgery versus a scalpel."
indicator.media
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're not already subscribed to @indicator.media, it's worth it. It's helping me stay up to date on OSINT stuff. Today's newsletter was wonderfully in the weeds and fascinating. indicator.media/p/ai-enabled...
New NYT piece says NCMEC got 75,000 CyberTips from OpenAI w/ AI CSAM in 1st half of 2025. Our research suggests many involve failed generation attempts, but NCMEC can’t always clarify due to legal limits. AI companies should publish this breakdown. Right now, all reports are assumed to contain CSAM.
July 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New NYT piece says NCMEC got 75,000 CyberTips from OpenAI w/ AI CSAM in 1st half of 2025. Our research suggests many involve failed generation attempts, but NCMEC can’t always clarify due to legal limits. AI companies should publish this breakdown. Right now, all reports are assumed to contain CSAM.
Today’s App Store ad for nudify searches has the word “girls”
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today’s App Store ad for nudify searches has the word “girls”
Can anyone recommend an under sink reverse osmosis filtration system?
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Can anyone recommend an under sink reverse osmosis filtration system?
The Apple App Store not only doesn’t block a “nudify” search, it accepts ads for this query
June 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Apple App Store not only doesn’t block a “nudify” search, it accepts ads for this query
I’m so excited to have joined the Howard Center for Investigative reporting at the Cronkite School! cronkite.asu.edu/news/2025/ne...
Cronkite School welcomes new Professor of Practice in AI and Investigative Journalism
Shelby Grossman joins the Cronkite School to advance work in artificial intelligence and investigative journalism.
cronkite.asu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’m so excited to have joined the Howard Center for Investigative reporting at the Cronkite School! cronkite.asu.edu/news/2025/ne...
🎒 Check out our new report - a year in the making - on AI CSAM. Insights on schools & nudify apps, trends re: adults creating AI CSAM, and platform responses.
Thank you to @safeonlinefund.bsky.social for supporting this project.
Thank you to @safeonlinefund.bsky.social for supporting this project.
NEW REPORT (and a CW - CSAM): Today my colleague Shelby Grossman & I have a new research report about AI-generated child sex abuse material (AI CSAM). Read the report here: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... [1/6]
New Report on AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Insights from Educators, Platforms, Law Enforcement, Legislators, and Victims
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu
May 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎒 Check out our new report - a year in the making - on AI CSAM. Insights on schools & nudify apps, trends re: adults creating AI CSAM, and platform responses.
Thank you to @safeonlinefund.bsky.social for supporting this project.
Thank you to @safeonlinefund.bsky.social for supporting this project.
I am one of the world’s biggest fans of This American Life, but it feels a little insane to me that none of this context was provided with this story www.kens5.com/article/news...
March 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I am one of the world’s biggest fans of This American Life, but it feels a little insane to me that none of this context was provided with this story www.kens5.com/article/news...
New Platformer article highlighting research by my colleague @rer.bsky.social
NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
February 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
New Platformer article highlighting research by my colleague @rer.bsky.social
Reporters for these kind of stories need to find an expert who can provide a “this is complete nonsense” quote.
February 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reporters for these kind of stories need to find an expert who can provide a “this is complete nonsense” quote.
My totally amazing nanny is moving to Boston in March. If you’re looking for a nanny send me an email, shelbygrossman@gmail.con
January 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My totally amazing nanny is moving to Boston in March. If you’re looking for a nanny send me an email, shelbygrossman@gmail.con
I’m a little late to this but I’m so grateful to Jimmy Carter for investing in The Carter Center’s “Educational Programs,” which includes their internship program. Their internship program changed my life, and I bet there are hundreds of intern alumni out there with a similar experience.
January 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I’m a little late to this but I’m so grateful to Jimmy Carter for investing in The Carter Center’s “Educational Programs,” which includes their internship program. Their internship program changed my life, and I bet there are hundreds of intern alumni out there with a similar experience.
I went to a post office today and had a…positive experience. It was inside a compounding pharmacy. There was a check out counter for the pharmacy and a counter for the US Postal Service. And the phrase compounding pharmacy doesn’t capture the vibe - it was the kind of place that sold essential oils.
January 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I went to a post office today and had a…positive experience. It was inside a compounding pharmacy. There was a check out counter for the pharmacy and a counter for the US Postal Service. And the phrase compounding pharmacy doesn’t capture the vibe - it was the kind of place that sold essential oils.
Love that WSJ is on the pig butchering scam beat. Wild details here, including that a co-founder of the firm running the scam previously ran…a pig farm. www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
How a Young Mayor Turned Her Town Into a Hub for ‘Pig Butchering’ Scammers
WSJ got rare access to a criminal enclave in the Philippines from which gangs targeted people around the world, including Americans.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Love that WSJ is on the pig butchering scam beat. Wild details here, including that a co-founder of the firm running the scam previously ran…a pig farm. www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
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Cinder builds a cutting edge operations platform used for Trust & Safety, Responsible AI, etc. But we also were one of the only companies to publicly and proactively announce that we'd caught folks from DPRK surreptitiously trying to get into our hiring pipeline.
www.cinder.co/blog-posts/n...
www.cinder.co/blog-posts/n...
December 12, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Cinder builds a cutting edge operations platform used for Trust & Safety, Responsible AI, etc. But we also were one of the only companies to publicly and proactively announce that we'd caught folks from DPRK surreptitiously trying to get into our hiring pipeline.
www.cinder.co/blog-posts/n...
www.cinder.co/blog-posts/n...
New insights from a local journalist in CAR who describes working for Prigozhin’s group.
December 12, 2024 at 3:05 PM
New insights from a local journalist in CAR who describes working for Prigozhin’s group.
New Human Rights Watch report on webcam studios in Colombia www.hrw.org/sites/defaul...
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
New Human Rights Watch report on webcam studios in Colombia www.hrw.org/sites/defaul...
Tough but important read
My latest article is about something I've heard about for years but didn't have definitive proof of until recently:
Smartphone apps – available on the Apple and Google app stores – where people pay to view and direct the sexual abuse of children over livestream www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...
Smartphone apps – available on the Apple and Google app stores – where people pay to view and direct the sexual abuse of children over livestream www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...
On These Apps, the Dark Promise of Mothers Sexually Abusing Children
Smartphone apps downloaded from Apple and Google can allow parents and other abusers to connect with pedophiles who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Tough but important read