So you still think you can Google?

You can refuse to be spoon-fed by Googles new AI search. Here's the toolkit.

May 28 • Henk van Ess

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March 2026

Detectives, Detectors and Deceptions

Watch the full free GIJN seminar on what AI detectors get right, get wrong, and miss entirely

Mar 27 • Henk van Ess

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How I Taught AI to Catch Fakes I Can't See

From side project to newsroom tool in twelve months

Mar 12 • Henk van Ess

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Visual investigations: here's how to do it.

"60 to 70% of visual forensics is human, not tech,” says Henk van Ess

Mar 7 • Alex Mahadevan

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February 2026

A lawyer, a road inspector and a cardiologist walk into a coding competition. So did I. This is no longer a joke.

I apologized for not being a coder. Some answered: me neither.

Feb 20 • Henk van Ess

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The State of Online Search: How to Find What You're Looking For in the Age of AI

Operators still work, AI can help, and the “hard way” is now the only way.

Feb 17 • Craig Silverman

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Made by Google. Missed by Google — except for one tool, buried in the garden shed.

If Google can make the fake, it should flag the fake in all its products

Feb 8 • Henk van Ess

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Introducing: CrowdCounter

How many people are really in that photo?

Feb 6 • Henk van Ess

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January 2026

Why AI detection fails on the fakes that matter most

Total fakes are easy to spot. Hybrid fakes slip through. How to fix that?

Jan 23 • Henk van Ess

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Using AI to find hidden data sources

How I found 56,273 hidden power outages in five minutes

Jan 20 • Henk van Ess

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Episode 9: From hidden data to insight: the power of vibecoding

How to extract data from websites with rich information

Jan 17 • Henk van Ess

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Introducing AIWhisperer. Feed massive files to AI with less data exposed

Plus three Perplexity Pro and one You.com annual subscription up for grabs.

Jan 15 • Henk van Ess

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