The course describes how artificial intelligence is changing contemporary journalism. More specifically, it provides:-- an overview of "AI": how it is defined, used, and debated-- a brief account of both historical and philosophical roots of "AI" -- a scenario of its current applications and techniques-- a detailed overview of how "AI" is entering the newsroom and news organisations at large, based on the POLIS LSE survey "New powers, new responsibilities" (Nov 2019) I… Show more The course describes how artificial intelligence is changing contemporary journalism. More specifically, it provides:-- an overview of "AI": how it is defined, used, and debated-- a brief account of both historical and philosophical roots of "AI" -- a scenario of its current applications and techniques-- a detailed overview of how "AI" is entering the newsroom and news organisations at large, based on the POLIS LSE survey "New powers, new responsibilities" (Nov 2019) I was the lead researcher for-- practical skills in automated text generation, automated fact-checking and "hybrid", investigative journalism Show less

Topics:- Evolution and sustainability of professional journalism- Policy issues around content moderation, copyright and automation in the public sphere- Disinformation and propaganda techniques (current + historical perspective)- Internet utopia and dystopia- Personalization, microtargeting and media pluralism

I'm coordinating a follow-up and expansion on the 2019 'Automating Society' report on how automated decision-making is being applied in public policy all over Europe.

Areas of Interest:- IoT and Cybersecurity- Online propaganda - Digital Democracy- Silicon Valley & Ideology- Internet Censorship & Surveillance- Online Utopia vs Dystopia

Research Assistant for the 'Journalism AI' project, a collaboration between LSE's Polis and the Google News Initiative on artificial intelligence in the newsroom.

Worked on:- Designing tech-policies - Digital transformation of public services- Digitization of the legislative process- Coordinating the activities of the "Intergruppo Innovazione"- Writing reports on tech-policy issues

I'm in charge of a team working on participatory labs for critical innovation on digital politics, economy, society and culture, and currently researching on transparency in online political campaigning.

I wrote about:- Internet censorship & surveillance- Digital democracy- Tech & society- Techculture- Dystopias- AI- Algorithmic Fairness