Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in “LLM grooming”, flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible Bluesky: @ruudhendriks68 , @eugenemcparland , and @hhesterm . Mastodon: @mot...
Cornell University researchers: Grokipedia cites sources deemed “generally unreliable” or “blacklisted” by Wikipedia, like neo-Nazi sites Stormfront and VDare
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month. Bluesky: @robertscotthorton , @carnage4life , and @nrvscrcts ...
An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online
An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online. Bluesky: @justinhendrix See also Mediagaze...
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland”
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.” Bluesky: @jonayariley , @jimllmixit , @dankenne...
The top contributor to X's Community Notes is Web3 Antivirus, a startup that uses an automated process to flag crypto scam posts and has posted 52,000 times
I thought someone was gaming X's crowdsourced moderation; instead, they appear to be helping clean up the platform's mess for free. Bluesky: @mantzarlis.com . X: @craigsilverman See also Mediagazer Bl...
Survey: 50% of US adults say AI will have a negative impact on news over the next 20 years while 10% say positive; 59% say AI will lead to fewer journalist jobs
Michael Lipka / Pew Research Center : Bluesky: @caseylangwith . X: @mgsiegler See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Casey Langwith / @caseylangwith : AI can't do primary research so I don't think this predict...
An interview with Nadia Odunayo on building Goodreads alternative StoryGraph, remaining bootstrapped, reaching 3.8M active users, not allowing DMs, and more
Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers' platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed Bluesky: @justsmudge , @ben-esse , and @davidmbarnett Mastodon: @Cli...
Sources: more than a year before the US election, TikTok executives relaxed moderation rules and enforcement to make the app more appealing to Donald Trump fans
The Information : Bluesky: @mrbrooksher.bsky.social and @nojustdan.bsky.social X: @amir , @erinkwoo , @srimuppidi , @semaforben , and @amir See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Billy Brooksher / @mrbrooksher...
A look at Gurbaksh Chahal's now-shuttered site BNN Breaking, which former staff say was mostly an AI content farm; Microsoft licensed BNN content for MSN.com
New York Times : Bluesky: @aaron.bsky.team . X: @kashhill and @structstories See also Mediagazer Bluesky: Aaron Rodericks / @aaron.bsky.team : I cannot begin to describe the headaches we used to have...
As music from Universal Music Group artists disappears from TikTok, creators turn to royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips
Reece Rogers / Wired : Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com . X: @wiredculture See also Mediagazer Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com : My bet is that UMG's actions will accelerate the adoption of AI generated mus...