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International collaboration aims to combat deepfakes and AI misuse
There’s increasing concern about the use of deepfakes and artificial intelligence to spread misinformation and contribute to fraudulent activity. Today […]
“Things we’ll never know” science fair highlights US’s canceled research
Congressional Democrats host scientists whose grants have been canceled. Like a research conference, but focused on research that may never […]
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
X says AI can supercharge community notes, but that comes with obvious risks. Elon Musk’s X arguably revolutionized social media […]
YouTube will “protect free expression” by pulling back on content moderation
YouTube videos may be getting a bit more pernicious soon. Google’s dominant video platform has spent years removing discriminatory and […]
Belief in fake news linked to problematic social media use
The vast majority of people these days use some form of social media, but some develop what’s known as problematic […]
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time
Recent grant terminations are a symptom of a widespread attack on science. Over the last two weeks, in response to […]
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Combating misinformation with AI document management [Q&A]
Many organizations rush to implement AI chatbots without addressing their document management issues first, but when these systems deliver incorrect […]
Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm
Meta also confirmed that it won’t be reducing visibility of misleading posts with community notes. That’s a change from the […]
Elon Musk to “fix” Community Notes after they contradict Trump
Elon Musk apparently no longer believes that crowdsourcing fact-checking through Community Notes can never be manipulated and is, thus, the […]