Author: Kalev Leetaru
Plant Pest Invasions, As Seen Through News And Social Media
Invasion by exotic pests into new geographic areas can cause major disturbances in forest and agricultural systems. Early response can…
infoDOCKET: GDELT Visual Explorer Launches Live Demo of Time-Aligned Translated Transcript
Gary Price's infoDOCKET mentions the new Visual Explorer work on translated transcription of television news. Read The Full Article.
Russian TV News Continues With Its False "Ukrainian Nazis" Narrative
Far from abandoning its false "Ukrainian Nazis" narrative, Russian state television news continues to use this characterization, with a single…
New Visual Explorer Demonstration Of Time-Aligned Translated Transcript
Leveraging our new high-precision timecode alignment of machine translation and transcription using Google's Speech-to-Text and Translation APIs, we are excited…
Experiments With In-Browser Speech Synthesis For Reading Translated Transcripts
As we continue to explore fully automated transcription + translation pipelines for Russian and Ukrainian television news, a natural question…
Tomorrow: New Visual Explorer Demonstration Of Transcript Translation With High Precision Timecode Support
Yesterday we unveiled a new demonstration of high-precision timecode alignment of machine transcription + translation of Russian television news broadcasts,…
Using Google Translate's HTML Support To Create High-Resolution Translated Google Speech To Text SRT Captioning
To date we have transcribed more than 42,000 Russian and Ukrainian language television news broadcasts through Google's Speech-to-Text API, with the…
What OpenAI's Whisper Teaches Us About The Future Of Large Language Models Like ChatGPT
While specialty AI models like OpenAI's Whisper ASR speech recognition and translation target a more technical and niche audience, they…
AI's Pivot To Fluency & Existential Non-Determinism Vs FBIS/BBCM, OSINT & The Centrality Of Fidelity In Translation
One of the most striking aspects of the IC's OSINT efforts over the years from a languages standpoint is the…
A Look Back On How 2022's AI Developments Brought Home The Perils Of AI's Focus On Fluency Over Fidelity
The past year has marked a watershed moment in the AI landscape, in which a range of applications have burst…
Jason Scott: The Whispering Episode
The Internet Archive's Jason Scott mentions on his latest podcast some of GDELT's work on exploring OpenAI's Whisper ASR on…
GDELT Video Series: Media As Data: A Look Back At A Decade Of TV News Analysis
The second episode of the GDELT Video Series! A look back on a decade of collaboration with the Internet Archive's…
Spinmeisters Of Russia: Channel One's Soviet-Era Nuclear Weapons Documentary
Channel One Russia ran a documentary recently narrating Russia's perspective on its Soviet nuclear weapons program. The program opens with:…
GDELT Video Series: A Brief Look At Economic Risk
The inaugural video in our new GDELT Video Series: A Brief Look At Economic Risk. You can follow along with…
Tutorial Video: A Brief Tutorial On How To Use The Visual Explorer
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Tutorial Video: A Brief Tutorial On How To Use The TV Explorer
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More Photos From STRATCOM Summit 2022 In Istanbul
A version of Kalev's STRATCOM Summit 2022 talk with the original English audio is coming soon, so stay tuned! In…
WashPost: Who Attracted The Most Attention In The Political World In 2022
Some fantastic graphs by the Washington Post's Philip Bump charting political media coverage of 2022. Read The Full Article.
Testing The New OpenAI Whisper ASR Large-V2 Model On A Russian TV News Broadcast
This past October we explored applying OpenAI's Whisper ASR to television news broadcast selections from more than 100 channels spanning…
Twitter Files Point to Urgent Need for Platform Transparency
December has been a whirlwind month in the Twitterverse. A new academic study argued that hate speech was surging on…
Fox News Has Mentioned Uvalde Half As Much As CNN & MSNBC
Fox News covered the Uvalde school shooting as much as CNN and MSNBC the first two days, but then pivoted…
STRATCOM 2022: A Series Of Four Conversations In DC Reinforcing The Criticality And Consequence Of Communication
Earlier this month I spoke at the incredible Stratcom Summit '22 in Istanbul. Bringing together speakers from 22 countries and…
Trump's Inauguration Launched Fox News' Obsession With "Elites"
Donald Trump's January 2017 inauguration ushered in Fox News' obsession with the word "elite(s)" that has remained through present.
Mentions Of "Change" Rise Across Both Media And Web Searches
Mentions of the word "change" have steadily increased over the past decade across the political spectrum, raising fascinating questions about…