AI-powered personas are becoming so realistic that they can infiltrate online communities and subtly steer public opinion.

Because prediction markets allow users to monetize news, journalists are caught in the crosshairs: what they report (and the ...

The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent ...

A culture of callouts, paranoia, and fear may prevent the media from wrestling with much more uncomfortable questions.

To fight deepfakes, you have to be able to make them. The deepfake detection industry primarily exists to address one of ...

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Tech giants like Meta, Google, and X are investing heavily in AI tools designed to detect fake news. It sounds reassuring, but according to a new study from the Université de Montréal, these tools ...

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New research warns that popular deep learning systems trained for cancer pathology may be relying on hidden shortcuts rather than genuine biological signals. Artificial intelligence tools are ...

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the ...

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