Trust in news is down (but trust in the Internet is worse)
By JACI CLEMENT // Let’s talk about truth. Big-picture truth. If you only follow the headlines, you’d think the biggest crisis in our information system is that people no longer…
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How AI can humanize communications, and why it must
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Two thousand twenty-five was the year the communications industry stopped pretending everything was fine. Behind the polished campaigns, conference panels and artificial-intelligence demos, something far…
As AI imposters proliferate, time to reconsider ‘rights’
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Artificial intelligence is turning the entertainment industry upside down. Platforms like Sora and Anthropic have blurred the lines between real performers and AI-created imposters. Renowned performers…
No. 949: On caregivers, Communists, crusaders and the congestion “king,” plus Stony Brook’s new queen
Rest for the weary: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as you overcome another busy winter workweek and earn yourself a restful weekend. We know you’re tired (especially here on…
Fyre alarm: How criminal failure can fuel huge success
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // With only 11 days until Election Day and the exhausting, omnipresent punditry aiming to push voters to the polls, it’s important to remember that politics…
Unbalanced: With everything at stake, news media fail
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s time for a reckoning among our national news media. I say this is a card-carrying member of that very same media machine, as the editorial…
Poll: Screen time a growing concern for LI kids, adults
By GREGORY ZELLER // School mobile-phone bans and tighter restrictions on social media content proved popular in the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll The poll –…
Smart policy, public support essential to Black business
By PHIL ANDREWS // To close out Black Business Month, let’s celebrate the dramatic increase in Black entrepreneurship and confront the challenges that still exist. To overcome discriminatory lending practices and…
Meta physics, royal pains in the age of digital disclosure
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Two seemingly disparate events have recently captured our collective attention: the British Royal Family’s handling of media relations and Meta’s strategic decision to steer away…
The need for (and dangers of) social media regulation
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Taking a cue from Marshall McLuhan, social media has become the message. The pervasive use of social media is both good and bad. The positives…
Octo-online: Engagement, rescue in the digital ocean
By AHMED ABDELLA // While the world’s most bustling metropolis is just miles away, Long Island is surrounded by an even more active and interesting underwater ecosystem. Unfortunately, many of…
Fake out: As AI-generated content spreads, time to act
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Now that George Santos’ vacated Congressional seat has been filled and Long Island politics is out of the national spotlight, it’s time for Long Islanders…
A fed-up populace turns its lonely eyes to authenticity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Earlier this week, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced that the word “authentic” was the 2023 word of the year – defined as “true to one’s own…
Entrepreneurs, there’s gold in them thar innovations!
By JASON JANAWKSY // Each year, the White House designates November as National Entrepreneurship Month, celebrating risk-takers who set out on their own. The month is ripe for reflecting on the resilient…
A world without X (ugh)? Be careful what you wish for
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // X, nee Twitter, is finished. Maybe not MySpace finished, but the once-giant social networking platform’s days of being one of the most important players in…