OpenAI, Stanford, and Georgetown researchers warn disinformation campaigns could use LLMs and propose governments could restrict training data and AI hardware
Chloe Xiang / VICE : Tweets: @motherboard , @lorakolodny , @marshallk , @leahmcelrath , @tante , @mistresssnowphd , and @danmcquillan Tweets: @motherboard : The researchers also propose stricter cont...
[Thread] Democratic campaign tech projects suffer from one-off startup-like funding with no money for further development, lack of trust between campaigns, more
complicating processes that would otherwise manage just fine 👇 https://twitter.com/... Christina Holland / @americanwombat : This is a really detailed account of specific companies and people and deci...
Radiohead says they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music to benefit climate change group, after hackers stole lead singer's files and attempted ransom
And Won Brian Barrett / Wired : Radiohead Dropped 18 Hours of Unreleased Music to Screw Pirates Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Radiohead releases 18 hours of demos, thwarting alleged extortion attempt Exti...
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … Tweets: @tedgioia , @the_spin...
A look at how “keyword voids”, social recommendations, and paid promotions can lead to tragic misinformation in top search results for health-related queries
IN THE FIRST few hours of a newborn's life, doctors administer a vitamin K shot. This is because infants … Tweets: @marshallk , @mattcutts , @_am1t , @caseynewton , @etzioni , @wired , @noupside , an...
The real-world consequences of misinformation and false rumors on WhatsApp in Brazil, where the app has 100M users
Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @marshallk , @borzou , @chrismessina , @venkatananth , @s_m_i , @craigsilverman , and @katienotopoulos Tweets: Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : When fake news...
The real-world consequences of misinformation and false rumors on WhatsApp in Brazil, where the app has 100M users
The story spreading on Brazilian WhatsApp went like this: a couple — a young woman and an older man — were kidnapping children to sell them as part of an international scheme. Tweets: @marshallk , @ch...
Google's 2016 “Bad Ads Report”: 1.7B ads removed compared to 780M in 2015, plus nearly 200 publishers banned from AdSense over misleading content like fake news
More news yesterday reminds us … Aaron Mamiit / Tech Times : Google Ramps Up Crackdown On Fake News With 200 Publishers Banned: 1.7 Billion Bad Ads Taken Down In 2016 Jaikumar Vijayan / eWeek : Google...