Notable links: September 23, 2026

Most Fridays, I share a handful of pieces that caught my eye at the intersection of technology, media, and society.Did someone forward this to you? Subscribe for free.I sat down with New_ Public to talk about building in the open, local news, the open social web, and more. I enjoyed the conversation very much; here it is.The News + AI Field ReportThe News + AI Field Report for 2022-2025, produced by Djordje Padejski in conjunction with ASU’s Knight Center for the Future of News, is a landmark analysis of how newsrooms are experimenting with AI. The interactive app is also a really useful way to explore the 160 projects covered by this research.I’ve been mulling over one of the findings described in the summary:“Newsrooms are most worried about the business threat from AI and have built the least for it. Interviews reveal widespread anxiety about the effects of AI on site traffic, audience behavior and news business models. Yet relatively few projects focus on revenue, subscriptions or…