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Elon Musk shared a meme last year that was part of an orchestrated and Kremlin-backed propaganda influence campaign.

Gullible Elon Musk Got Fooled Into Sharing Putin-Backed Propaganda Meme

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study researchers developed a new AI-powered tool that allowed people to better spot lies. Only some agreed to use it.

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Claim Ominous New AI System Can Detect Lies

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is generating disinformation ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games — and according to Microsoft researchers, it's using AI to do it.

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Researchers Say Russia Is Using AI to Predict Terrorism at Paris Olympics

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A disinformation expert who previously ran a research center at Harvard is accusing the school of firing her under pressure from Facebook.

Facebook Accused of Pressuring Harvard to Fire a Disinformation Expert

By Noor Al-Sibai

Viral photos on both sides of the Isreal-Hamas conflict have been revealed to be AI fakes — and the problem is only going to get worse

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Viral Images of Dead Infants in Israel-Gaza War Are AI Fakes, Experts Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study has found that when people look at AI-generated images of faces, they're often convinced those are more real than the real thing.

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AI-Generated Images of White People More Convincing than Real Photos, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

The people building new AIs are growing concerned with how lifelike the next generation of generative content has already become.

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AI Industry Insider Claims They Can No Longer Tell Apart Real and Fake

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a letter to Elon Musk, an EU lawmaker accused X of allowing "illegal content and disinformation" about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble Over the Israel-Palestine Violence

By Victor Tangermann

ChatGPT has falsely accused at least one person of sexual assault and made up fake news articles to back it up — and yes, we're very afraid.

ChatGPT Falsely Accuses Law Professor of Sexual Assault

By Noor Al-Sibai

The US Military's Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is hoping to deploy deepfakes in disinformation campaigns as part of its psy-op efforts.

US Military Caught Figuring Out How to Use Deepfakes for Psy-Op Campaigns

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Someone made an amazing, horrific deepfake of President Joe Biden singing "Baby Shark" and calling it our "national anthem."

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Creepy Deepfake Shows Biden Sing the “National Anthem”: Baby Shark

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Pentagon is reportedly to conduct an audit of the US military's social media PSYOP practices, following the removal of several fake bot accounts.

US Military Annoyed When Facebook and Twitter Removed Its PSYOP Bots

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new report from Europol, we have all the reason in the world to be extra vigilant about what we consume online.

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Experts: 90% of Online Content Will Be AI-Generated by 2026

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A deepfake video of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenksy calling on Ukrainian troops to surrender reportedly made it onto a hacked Ukrainian news site.

Hackers Deepfaked a Video of the Ukrainian President Telling His Soldiers to Surrender

By Victor Tangermann

Disgruntled Facebook employees are reckoning with their company's multifaceted role in damaging "the fabric of our society."

Former Employee: “Facebook is Hurting People at Scale”

By Dan Robitzski

According to digital forensics expert Hany Farid, the pandemic and BLM movement are even higher priorities for disinformation campaigns than the election.

Expert: Online Disinfo Now Targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter

By Dan Robitzski