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I Talk To Robots

Will right-wing media come down hard on accurate and contextual artificial intelligence?

3 min readJan 30, 2024

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I Talk To Robots

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Talked with the world’s coolest chatbot about supporting nonprofit journalism

ChatGPT is the best artificial intelligence chatbot out there. It feels alive, and it writes quickly and well.

4 min readDec 8, 2022

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Talked with the world’s coolest chatbot about supporting nonprofit journalism

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Eric Newton

Please, Alexa, You’re Better Than This

In this brave new digital age, all robots should be required to identify themselves.

3 min readMar 29, 2024

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Please, Alexa, You’re Better Than This

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Eric Newton

The Wikipedia editing story that won’t die

It’s been 18 years, and the anonymous editors of Wikipedia, as wonderful as they can be, are still doing me wrong.

6 min readJul 4, 2023

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The Wikipedia editing story that won’t die

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Eric Newton

Artificial Intelligence, yes or no or …

If you ask artificially intelligent ChatGPT to answer questions with a single word, it will. Just add “answer in one word” to each…

3 min readDec 28, 2022

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Artificial Intelligence, yes or no or …

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Eric Newton

When the writing isn’t finished

Nine days before my wife died, she forwarded a Brevity Blog post, “The Death of a Writer,” which asked:

4 min readFeb 27, 2022

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When the writing isn’t finished

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Eric Newton

Lennon’s death didn’t end the 60s

Note: I’ve been finishing Circle Way, a book by my wife, Mary Ann Hogan, who died last year from lymphoma.

3 min readDec 8, 2020

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Lennon’s death didn’t end the 60s

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Eric Newton

Election Day

Over the hill in Muir Woods awaits a cathedral of ancient redwoods:

1 min readNov 3, 2020

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Election Day

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Eric Newton

Fake news

My trust in the old news you may find quite trite now,

1 min readNov 2, 2020

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Fake news

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Eric Newton

I can do this

i am the Monterey Cyprus — is this all you’ve got!?

1 min readNov 1, 2020

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I can do this

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Eric Newton

Eric Newton

I chased the future of news in newsrooms, boardrooms and classrooms. Now I write about life, news, nonprofits, media, philanthropy and education.

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