NYTIMES (Amelia Nierenberg) - Finland Tries to Protect Children Against Deepfakes, With Russia in Mind
Finland, wary of misinformation from Moscow and beyond, has a leg up on other nations in spotting fake news. But A.I. is a whole new challenge.
NYTIMES (Stuart A. Thompson) - Voters Think A.I. Is Terrible. In Campaigns, It’s Everywhere.
A.I.-generated images are the public face of this election overhaul. Behind the scenes, campaigns are using the technology to analyze voter data, craft campaign materials and write custom messages.
NYTIMES (Alexandra Alter) - Publishing’s Latest Piracy Problem: Audiobooks on YouTube
Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Liberal Media Caught Pushing Bogus $59M Trump Phone Narrative.
Viral claims that Trump Mobile made $59 million in profit from cell phone pre-orders are being debunked as lacking credible sourcing.
Viral claims that Trump Mobile made $59 million in profit from cell phone pre-orders are being debunked for lacking credible sourcing. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Claims that Trump Mobile amassed $59 million from 590,000 pre-orders for the T1 cell phone have been circulating widely, but the figures are now being challenged for their lack of credible sourcing. DETAIL: The viral narrative began with social media posts and was amplified by various media outlets, including TIME and the far-left MeidasTouch organization. However, Grace Weinstein, writer of The Recount’s ‘Who Broke It’ newsletter, found that none of them appear to have verified the original source of the figures. Weistein traced the numbers back to an article from…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - Indoctrination Nation: Teaching British Kids Which Way To Vote
Will teen suffrage give left-wing educators proxy ballots? The post Indoctrination Nation: Teaching British Kids Which Way To Vote appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Indoctrination Nation: Teaching British Kids Which Way To Vote Will teen suffrage give left-wing educators proxy ballots? TakiMag I was once a schoolteacher in England, where it was drummed into us during training that it was wise to join a teachers’ union, lest one of the students, in revenge for poor grades, falsely accuse us of impregnating them behind the bike sheds during lunchtime. But which particular outfit to join? Certainly not the NUT (National Union of Teachers), the nation’s largest and most militant teaching union, whose name was apt: the far-left group contained more nuts than a constipated squirrel. …Open
NYTIMES (Natallie Rocha) - YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
NYTIMES (Stuart A. Thompson) - Can A.I. Detection Tools Really Spot Fake Images and Videos?
Artificial intelligence detectors are increasingly used to check the veracity of content online. We ran more than 1,000 tests and found several strengths and plenty of weaknesses.
NYTIMES (Emma Goldberg) - These Liberals Listen to Right-Wing Podcasts to Leave Their Media Comfort Zone
To get outside their bubbles — and crib some tactics — members of a listening club are plunging themselves into a world they had once avoided.
AI:Members of a new "listening club" are intentionally consuming right-wing podcasts to step outside their media bubbles and understand different perspectives and tactics.Open