Mario Garcia

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Mario Garcia |Mario T. García |Michael Sean Winters

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $165,263 from 858 supporters. We are 55% of the way to our goal! The name "Franciscus" is seen engraved on the tomb of Pope Francis inside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The interletter spacing, or kerning, of the engraving has come under scrutiny from typographers and the general public alike.

Dec 10, 2024 | niemanlab.org | Mario Garcia |Mario García

Odds are artificial intelligence will feature prominently in many of Nieman Lab’s predictions for journalism in the coming year. I predict that editors in newsrooms worldwide will find themselves navigating two concurrent revolutions: mobile-first and AI. Unlike previous changes the media has encountered, these transformations fundamentally affect the craft of journalism itself — specifically, how content is created and experienced.

Jun 12, 2024 | garciamedia.com | Mario Garcia |Mario R. García

I first heard the analogy of Artificial Intelligence as a crane when reading an article by Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta.  I have used the analogy successfully when conducting AI workshops in newsrooms worldwide–enhancing the concept through examples and augmenting its value when trying to make AI more accessible and friendly to the doubters.

Nov 20, 2023 | garciamedia.com | Mario Garcia |Mario R. García

As we deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in so many aspects of our lives (think Siri, Alexa, even your car navigator), and as the single candle burns brightly atop the cake celebrating our first year with ChatGPT November 30, sometimes it feels that this birthday party comes with a huge piñata. When the blindfolded party-goers gather around it – and some are truly blindfolded! — and hit it with a stick, it spews all kinds of interesting, and often useful, treats.

Nov 14, 2023 | garciamedia.com | Mario Garcia |Mario R. García

It was interesting this morning to see two magazine covers in my mailbox that resonated with each other, and which I think deserve attention:1. The New Yorker magazine’s November cover for its AI Issue is a cartoonish treatment of Artificial Intelligence. Funny, insightful, and open to interpretations. (Hear more from artist Christoph Niemann. New Yorker also invites YOU to create your own cover using AI!)2.