It’s time for another misinformation roundup, where we provide you with up-to-date stories on the effects of misinformation. In this edition, we’re focusing on AI-driven misinformation.
AI’s explosive growth and rapid public adoption comes with ‘the good’, ‘the bad’, and ‘the ugly’ — and here we’ve collected news and insights relating to all three.
In this age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (aka the ‘Digital Age’), companies, individuals, and governments across the world have been facing down the monster of misinformation. Armed with new technology, research-based law, and vocal experts, the world has started to adapt and adjust to AI and misinformation; in both good ways and bad ways.
Here’s our pick of the most salient developments:
AI Spreading Misinformation
AI generated misinformation is an increasingly problematic global issue. It has become particularly dangerous in the news and media sector in countries currently facing economic and/or political instability.
- Rise of the Newsbots: AI-Generated News Websites Proliferating Online
A startling report by NewsGuard on the spread of content farms that focus on news media
- AI-Generated Disinformation Poses Threat of Misleading Voters in 2024 Election
A report on the possible implications of deepfake AIs being used in political messaging
- The AI Defamation Cases Are Here: ChatGPT Sued for Spreading Misinformation
A first-of-its-kind defamation case against ChatGPT for libel against a Georgia man
- These “News Anchors” are Created by AI, and They’re Spreading Misinformation in Venezuela
Generative AI is creating life-like avatars which are being misused to spread misinformation in Venezuela
Fighting Misinformation
The fight against misinformation can now consider AI as another weapon in its arsenal.
Significant government intervention and financial investment are poised to be leading factors in AI’s fight against AI misinformation.
- How AI Could Help Detect Fake News Instead of Making It
A comprehensive set of use cases for how AI can become the cornerstone for the fight against misinformation
- Combatting Fake News: How AI is Fighting Misinformation
Various forms of AI are already being trained to detect and check news media for misinformation and fraudulent sources
- It’s No Lie: Startups Fighting Misinformation are Raking in Cash
Serious financial investment is being made in the fight against misinformation
- A.I.-Generated Content Discovered on News Sites, Content Farms and Product Reviews
The findings in two new reports raise fresh concerns over how AI may transform the online misinformation landscape
Misinformation and Social Media
Social media has historically been a hotbed for mis/disinformation. Shifts in the news consumption habits of younger generations and changes in corporate leadership are affecting public perception of traditional news sources.
- Fewer People Trust Traditional Media, More Turn to Tiktok for News, Report Says
Substantial shifts are being seen relating to the way people access, view, and consume news
- After Elon Musk’s Takeover, Big Shifts in How Republican and Democrat Users View the Platform
Twitter’s change in ownership has led to a rise in opinion from Republican users and a fall in opinion from Democrat users
- Fake News Spreads Faster than True News on Twitter – Thanks to People, Not Bots
Harmful, fake news stories routinely reach 10 times as many users as genuine news stories
Government Responses to AI
Governments are showing many positive signs and a sincere interest in understanding AI, with a view to then regulating it. Pushes from both the UN and the EU show that major political bodies are not prepared to just stand by and allow AI to evolve unfettered.
- Fakery and Confusion: Campaigns Brace for Explosion of AI in 2024
Democratic strategists strategize over how to best use and regulate the use of AI in the upcoming presidential election
- UN Chief Calls for Coordinated Global Action on Disinformation, Hate, and Artificial Intelligence
The United Nations is gearing up to understand and regulate AI in meaningful ways
- Is it Real or Made by AI? Europe Wants a Label for That as It Fights Disinformation
The European Union wants to extend voluntary agreements on misinformation to include AI generated content
- Fact Sheet on the CDU and RRU
Learn more about how the UK government is fighting against mis/disinformation
The Authors
Colleen Jones is the author of The Content Advantage and president of Content Science, an end-to-end content company that turns content insight into impact. She has advised or trained hundreds of leading brands and organizations as they close the content gap in their digital transformations. A passionate entrepreneur, Colleen has led Content Science to develop the content intelligence software ContentWRX, publish the online magazine Content Science Review, and offer online certifications through Content Science Academy.
Colleen has earned recognition as a top instructor on LinkedIn Learning, one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Content Marketing, a Content Change Agent by Society of Technical Communication’s Intercom Magazine, and one of the Top 50 Most Influential Content Strategists by multiple organizations.
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