Lightning Talk Media and Civics

Pollen: Prototyping a toolkit for journalists and researchers to restore source transparency in an AI-saturated feed

Hypha Coop · @hypha.coop Cole Anthony Capilongo · @makeworld.space Udit Vira · @udit.bsky.social

Saturday, March 28, 2026

4:30 PM – 4:40 PM PT

Room 2301

Available in-person & via livestream — Stream 3 (Room 2301)

Pollen is a technical prototype by Hypha that enables journalists and researchers to anchor authenticated claims, such as photographer attribution and trusted timestamps, directly to their Personal Data Server. By attending this session, media professionals will learn how authenticated claims can protect the integrity of their reporting against generative AI "slop" and how a shared provenance layer empowers the community to collectively maintain digital facticity.