Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after experts warned of “alarming” results, but slight tweaks still trigger AI responses
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
Kalshi and Polymarket have partnered with social media accounts purporting to be breaking news reporters, some of which have repeatedly posted false information
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Community Notes, on X and rolling out on Meta's services, falls short of stopping misinformation; eliminating rewards for posting misinformation would help more
Musk's own posts have been successfully noted 167 times — but only 88 are currently still visible. — Almost a third of notes submitted in February were related to crypto scams or other ToS violations...
The EC says it will question Meta, X, Snap, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn on January 31 about their plans to counter disinformation ahead of elections in Germany
- X, Google, Snap and LinkedIn to be tested on disinformation — EU is working to combat false information around elections
Sources: Elon Musk and his right-wing allies discussed how to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove PM Keir Starmer, beyond Musk's aggressive X posts
Votes of millions of people don't count. — Fiction threatens to become reality as the equivalents of Dr. Strangelove and James Bond villain Elliot Carver plan world domination. — archive.ph/waCUV ...
Engineers, developers, and researchers say OpenAI's transcription tool Whisper hallucinates chunks of text or even entire sentences, including racial commentary
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” Mastodon: @mhoye@mastodon.social , @jonny@neuromatc...
French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
Roblox has more daily active users than TikTok, but is rarely covered for example Alex Howard / @digiphile : This is not the “end of global social media,” as @semaforben suggested, but it may be the b...
French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
French president condemns “false information” as Pavel Durov's detention in Paris triggers global outcry.
Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality
That ChatGPT is a productivity booster is indisputable. The question is whether it leads to fewer jobs as companies need fewer people or whether it leads to more opportunities in those fields? … Twit...
In a legal campaign, GOP lawmakers accuse Wikimedia, Graphika, universities, and others of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. Twitter: @anneapplebaum , @jswatz , @m...