Fake news
Grok spews misinformation about deadly Australia shooting
ELON Musk’s AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved lives and falsely claiming that a victim staged his injuries, ...
AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says
ARTIFICIAL intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT made errors about half the time when asked about news events, according to a vast study by European public broadcasters released Wednesday.
YouTube to reinstate creators banned over misinformation
YOUTUBE is set to reinstate creators previously banned for promoting Covid-19 misinformation and false election-related content, according to a letter sent on Tuesday by parent company Alphabet to a R...
Malaysia summons TikTok management over delays in tackling fake news: report
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on T...
How we tricked AI chatbots into creating misinformation, despite ‘safety’ measures
Model jailbreaking was not at all hard to do
Expect more US politicians to sue the news media
This is a troubling era in which politicians of both parties use lawsuits as weapons against media outlets in the war to control the narrative
Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey
[WASHINGTON] Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta’s platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey sho...
New push in Europe to curb children’s social media use
[LUXEMBOURG] From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day. But several European countries have had enough an...
Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checking
TECH giant Meta’s shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking programme triggered scathing criticism on Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgate...
The disinformation storm is now hitting companies harder
Businesses need new playbooks for dealing with online falsehoods as AI intensifies the risks