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Back to news homeFree Speech vs. Disinformation Comes to a Head
“I do not get involved in any way with social media,” he said. “I don’t have an account. I don’t tweet, I don’t Facebook, and I don’t pay attention to […]
Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says
Some liberal podcasters or their guests also shared false or unsubstantiated statements, including statements by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York about child poverty […]
Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots
In 2020, researchers at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies found that GPT-3, the underlying technology for ChatGPT, had “impressively deep knowledge […]
How Deepfake Videos Are Used to Spread Disinformation
Although the usage of deepfakes in the recently discovered pro-China disinformation campaign was ham handed, it opens a new chapter in information warfare. In recent weeks, another video using similar […]
Meta, Long an AI Leader, Tries Not to Be Left Out of the Boom
Meta, however, was hamstrung, in part, by its reputation as a corporate giant that helps spread untruths, Dr. LeCun said last month. And with responsibilities to billions of users, it […]
As Covid-19 Continues to Spread, So Does Misinformation About It
Nearly three years into the pandemic, Covid-19 remains stubbornly persistent. So, too, does misinformation about the virus.As Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise in parts of the country, myths and […]
Musk Lifted Bans for Thousands on Twitter. Here’s What They’re Tweeting.
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in October, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” has ad-libbed his way through the company’s moderation policies.He initially argued that bans should be reserved for spam […]
The New Chat Bots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them?
This month, Jeremy Howard, an artificial intelligence researcher, introduced an online chat bot called ChatGPT to his 7-year-old daughter. It had been released a few days earlier by OpenAI, one […]
Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Under Elon Musk Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find
On Twitter itself, researchers said the increase in hate speech, antisemitic posts and other troubling content had begun before Mr. Musk loosened the service’s content rules. That suggested that a […]