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I saw millions compromise their Facebook accounts to fuel fake engagement | Rest of World
by Sophie Zhang
4 days ago
I am a former Facebook employee who was fired in September 2020, after working for over two and a half…
Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook | JAMA Network
by John W. Ayers, Brian Chu, Zechariah Zhu, et al.
5 days ago
The dangers of misinformation spreading on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic are known. However, software that allows individuals to…
Study shows AI-generated fake reports fool experts | The Conversation
by Priyanka Ranade, Anupam Joshi, and Tim Finin
6 days ago
If you use such social media websites as Facebook and Twitter, you may have come across posts flagged with warnings…
AI, Autonomous Systems and Espionage: The Coming Revolution in Intelligence Affairs | Georgetown University
May 3, 2021
Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems are poised to transform the practice of espionage. This “revolution in intelligence affairs” will lead…
Stop talking about AI ethics. It’s time to talk about power. | MIT Technology Review
by Karen Hao
April 26, 2021
In doing that,, I wanted to really open up this understanding of AI as neither artificial nor intelligent. It’s the…
AI and Human Rights Forum | Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
April 21, 2021
From surveillance and misinformation to facial recognition and foreign influence, advances in Artificial Intelligence have been rapid, raising questions about…
Maria Ressa Maps Disinformation in Documentary ‘A Thousand Cuts’ | Frontline
by Patrice Taddonio
January 11, 2021
In the months after Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in 2016, Maria Ressa’s staff at the independent…
Misinformation or artifact: A new way to think about machine learning | Science Daily
by University of Houston
November 24, 2020
Machine learning has delivered amazing results, but there also have been failures, ranging from the harmless to potentially deadly. New…
How to deal with AI-enabled disinformation | Brookings
by John Villasenor
November 24, 2020
Rapid disinformation attacks—i.e., attacks in which disinformation is unleashed quickly and broadly with the goal of creating an immediate disruptive…