Google AI incorrectly declares journalist Dave Barry dead: Artificial intelligence system generates persistent false death claims despite user corrections, highlighting ongoing accuracy issues. https://ppc.land/google-ai-incorrectly-declares-journalist-dave-barry-dead/ #AI #Journalism #DigitalEthics #FalseInformation #FactChecking
Google AI incorrectly declares journalist Dave Barry dead

Artificial intelligence system generates persistent false death claims despite user corrections, highlighting ongoing accuracy issues.

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Chain retraction: how to stop #badscience propagating through the literature The Internet was both harmful & helpful in terms of attacking #falseinformation. He put out a call on Twitter for researchers who could help to analyse papers that had been published after short review periods.

“‘They can help deliver a lot more notes #faster with #LessWork, but ultimately the decision on what’s helpful enough to show still comes down to #humans,’ Coleman said Tuesday in an interview. “So we think that combination is incredibly #powerful.”

There are currently hundreds of notes published to Twitter (x) every day, Coleman said, and while he doesn’t have a target for how that might change once AI is involved, there could be a “significant” increase. Twitter (x) first debuted a crowd-sourced fact-checking program when the company was still known as #Twitter, and well before Musk’s 2022 takeover. But its focus on #CommunityNotes has increased under Musk’s ownership, and has recently been adopted by other companies, including #Meta Platforms Inc. and #ByteDance Ltd.’s #TikTok.

Musk himself has said Community Notes serves as a bulwark against #FalseInformation, calling it hoax kryptonite, but he is also regularly #flagged by the fact-checking process for posting misleading information.”

#ArtificialIntelligence / #AI / #AITools / #WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #KeithColeman / #x / #twitter <https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/x-will-deploy-ai-to-write-community-notes-expand-fact-checking> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/pk7Tg>

Israel Says Hamas Spreading ‘False Information’ About Gaza Shootings: https://newscats.org/israel-says-hamas-spreading-false-information-about-gaza-shootings

#Israel,#IsraelDefenseForces, #Hamas, #EffieDefrin, #FalseInformation,#U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,

Democratic Party passes amendment to Public Official Election Act in committee, potentially exempting Lee Jae-myung from false information charges if enacted
#YonhapInfomax #DemocraticParty #PublicOfficialElectionAct #LeeJaeMyung #FalseInformation #NationalAssembly #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=62011
Democratic Party Passes Public Official Election Act Amendment in Administrative and Security Committee - Lee's 'Exemption' if Enacted

Democratic Party passes amendment to Public Official Election Act in committee, potentially exempting Lee Jae-myung from false information charges if enacted

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Supreme Court overturns acquittal of Lee Jae-myung in election law case, ruling his golf and Baekhyeon-dong statements as false information, remanding for retrial amid debate on freedom of expression in elections.
#YonhapInfomax #SupremeCourt #LeeJaeMyung #ElectionLawViolation #FalseInformation #FreedomOfExpression #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=61377

Via #CTV News @ 1:24pm ET on Feb 25, 2025

#ForeignAffairs Minister #MelanieJoly says #Ottawa seeks to deepen its #intelligence sharing with #European partners, as #Washington diverges on issues like #Ukraine.

Intelligence experts have expressed concern about U.S. President #DonaldTrump appointing officials who have shared #FalseInformation and talked of retribution for intelligence agencies that don’t align with #Trump.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/joly-seeks-more-intelligence-sharing-with-europeans-as-washington-drifts-from-ukraine/

Joly seeks more intelligence sharing with Europeans as Washington drifts from Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa seeks to deepen its intelligence sharing with European partners, as Washington diverges on issues like Ukraine.

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This flood of false information that is spread by many and which many then have to put right is simply blatantly immense

I keep asking myself...
Why all this?

My answers are numerous...

Yours?

#mastodon #fediverse #question #politics #falseinformation #disinformation #world #democracy #freedom

Double the fun - that's why we have the second #Hawaii Paper Alert! 👨‍🔬🌴 🏖

In "𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼-𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻," we explored the complexity behind the spread of false information, particularly in the context of social media and information systems.

You can find the full paper here:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/109630

#fakenews #falseinformation #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda #informationsystems #socialmedia #wirtschaftsinformatik #hicss #hicss2025

Sharing Lies: A Socio-Technical Review on False Information Dissemination

This paper provides a comprehensive review of false information dissemination, focusing on factors influencing its spread in the context of social media and information systems. The study synthesizes recent literature to identify and categorize 30 influence factors into eight main categories: demographic, personality-related, psychological, policy- and values-based, informational, media consumption-related, motivational, and preventive factors. Key findings indicate that low education, high extraversion, and conservative values significantly increase false information dissemination. Additionally, social media usage, emotional responses, and information overload play critical roles in promoting its dissemination. Preventive strategies, such as labeling content and training in false information recognition, are also examined. This review aims to improve understanding of the dynamics of false information dissemination and proposes strategies to mitigate its impact.