Artificial intelligence doesn’t have a great reputation for veracity. Social media abounds with AI-generated concoctions, from cute images of fake animals in fabricated settings to violent videos depicting imaginary destruction in the Middle East. AI has been used to create fake social media accounts that spew Russian government propaganda and to generate clickbait and misinformation for content farm sites that exist solely to collect ad revenue. In 2024, thousands of New Hampshire residents received robocalls from an AI-synthesized voice of Joe Biden that discouraged them from voting in primary elections.
With so much AI-generated rubbish threatening to blur the line between reality and fiction, it may seem counterintuitive that scientists are exploring ways to use the very same technology to combat online misinformation. But researchers are finding that AI’s ability to parse human language, summarize text and verify claims could be harnessed to help people identify and understand fake news — and perhaps even one day assist in combating online misinformation in a large-scale, systematic way.
In a world where online misinformation about current events has influenced elections and incited political violence, such tools could be invaluable for journalists, fact-checkers, social media companies and others who strive to rid the web of fake news.
It’s still early days, and experts stress that these methods — like all AI tools — should never be used without some level of human...
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