Who decides which AI risks matter?
How news coverage shapes the risks we see—and the policies we choose.
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Nicholas Diakopoulos
Professor of Communication Studies & Director, Computational Journalism Lab, Northwestern University
Brings deep expertise in computational journalism, algorithmic accountability and transparency, AI risk assessment, and participatory methods for AI governance—having put the phrase “algorithmic accountability reporting” into circulation more than a decade ago.
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The Risks We Regulate Are the Risks We Read: Nick Diakopoulos on the Politics of AI Risk Assessment
Across 27 countries, the share of coverage each category of AI harm receives varies with the political lean of the outlet reporting it. Northwestern's Nick Diakopoulos on what that means for anyone who treats public discourse as a risk signal, and on the participatory method his lab built as a second input.
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