Exploring and Mapping NYC’s Building Energy Data Through Programming

Virtual

This event is part of NYC Open Data Week 2022. We've all seen the energy grades posted at the entrances of large buildings in New York City. But how does one building compare to its neighbor, or to buildings in other parts of the city? And how is the city doing overall? Are grades improving

Generative AI Dine + Design

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the last year, new generative AI platforms have made headlines. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, LLaMA and claude have been compared on their abilities to perform knowledge and reasoning tasks (answering questions, solving problems with external tools), language manipulation (generating summaries, translating text, “reversioning” stories), and common data analyses (structuring data, tagging

Using FOIA

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

A Talk and demo of MuckRock, a website empowering citizens and journalists to write, file and track public records requests online, and its new FOIA Logs tool

Generative AI Dine + Design

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the last year, new generative AI platforms have made headlines. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, LLaMA and claude have been compared on their abilities to perform knowledge and reasoning tasks (answering questions, solving problems with external tools), language manipulation (generating summaries, translating text, “reversioning” stories), and common data analyses (structuring data, tagging

Data Visualization Workshop with The Pudding

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Graphical (or pictorial) presentations of data have become an almost essential part of journalistic practice. Data visualization helps us see patterns in data and is an important tool for finding

Generative AI Dine + Design

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the last year, new generative AI platforms have made headlines. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, LLaMA and claude have been compared on their abilities to perform knowledge and reasoning tasks (answering questions, solving problems with external tools), language manipulation (generating summaries, translating text, “reversioning” stories), and common data analyses (structuring data, tagging

News Products and Entrepreneurship Weekend!

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Register to attend! Join the Brown Institute for a unique opportunity to learn about the latest trends in news product development! Our weekend-long event, taking place November 11 and 12, is led by industry leaders Dalit Shalom, Lead Product Designer at the New York Times, and Justin Hendrix, CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press.

Generative AI Dine + Design

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the last year, new generative AI platforms have made headlines. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Bard, LLaMA and claude have been compared on their abilities to perform knowledge and reasoning tasks (answering questions, solving problems with external tools), language manipulation (generating summaries, translating text, “reversioning” stories), and common data analyses (structuring data, tagging

Open Source AI Hackathon

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Catalyzing New Forms of Journalism and Civic Information Join Hacks/Hackers and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University for a weekend of building with open source AI for experiments relating to journalism and civic information, sponsored by Hugging Face and Codingscape. The latest open source, large language models are rapidly becoming as capable

Creative Commons Open Licensing Workshop (Postponed until the Fall!)

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Curious how open licensing media content can better spread news? Join the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and Creative Commons for a practical workshop on Creative Commons licensing. Creative Commons