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We need to talk about our AI fetish
AI is fundamentally changing our lives at a clip we've never experienced. To allow those developing AI to lead the debate about its future is an error…
Mar 25
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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February 2024
Yes, we should care about Julian Assange
Why his actions have, among other things, exposed technology for what it is - and why we owe him for that
Feb 23
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Destroying the brand in order to save it
The UK's Post Office scandal throws up one more lesson for how to understand journalists
Feb 14
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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January 2024
Why do journalists destroy those they love?
The recent death of a children's welfare icon raises questions about the role journalists play in creating, and then crushing, a figure who defies…
Jan 17
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Politics, polarisation and pity parties: the Post Office scandal unpicked
The scandal that keeps on giving: some hard lessons that we need to draw from technology project dumpster fires
Jan 15
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Why did journalists ignore the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history?
The Post Office scandal dragged hundreds of innocent men and women through the country's courts for two decades. Why did most journalists miss it?
Jan 9
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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The Brutal Economics of Investigative Journalism
What happens when you, or your client, is the subject of a journalistic investigation? Run, hide, fight back, plead guilty, plead the 5th, get in front…
Jan 2
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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December 2023
Bubblenomics
Is AI a bubble? And if so, what kind of bubble?
Dec 21, 2023
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Barbarians at the garden gate
Should you advise your client to allow a journalist unfettered access for a long-form profile piece?
Dec 19, 2023
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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November 2023
Behind AI's latest bout of chaos
Beyond the weekend's dramas at OpenAI
Nov 20, 2023
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Generative AI: Another way at looking at our new overlord
Could a secret cabal called the Invisible College help make AI a tool for good?
Nov 14, 2023
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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Why are we suddenly talking about an AI catastrophe?
Yes, AI does represent a serious threat, but not in the way government and Big Tech would have us think
Nov 1, 2023
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Jeremy Wagstaff
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