I’ve spent the last few months talking to misinfo/disinfo researchers about how generative AI is changing the field. One takeaway: It’s not just changing the scale of the problem but also how researchers are studying it.
Story in Science is here and thread with some takeaways this weekend:
https://www.science.org/content/article/misinformation-researchers-ai-scourge-and-powerful-new-tool
Kai Kupferschmidt
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