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Study shows AI-generated fake reports fool experts

Priyanka Ranade, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Tim Finin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Takeaways · AIs can generate fake reports that are convincing enough to trick cybersecurity experts. · If widely used, these AIs could hinder efforts to...

How To Stop Getting Biased News

With another US election coming up, it has once again been confirmed that foreign entities are trying to sway the voting. In the 2016 election season, they did so by using fake social media profiles, news sites, and other strategies to feed information to certain demographics.

Google Dedicates $300 Million to the Battle Against Fake News

“Today, the journalism industry faces many challenges,” Richard Gingras, VP of News at Google, recently stated. With fake news and misinformation spreading rampantly, and media outlets such as Facebook struggling to monitor it all, Gingras probably has a point. While the internet age has caused some problems in the realm of...

Mark Zuckerberg Named “Misinformer of the Year”

With the end of the year comes a myriad of awards in the classic format “______ of the Year.” While most of these are welcome honors to the recipient, there are others that people likely try to avoid. Every year, the non-profit journalism organization Media Matters chooses one “Misinformer of the Year.” Past recipients have...