{"id":90049,"date":"2023-12-20T15:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90049"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:49:26","slug":"the-rise-of-ai-fake-news-is-creating-a-misinformation-superspreader-verma-other-items-re-ai-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/12\/20\/the-rise-of-ai-fake-news-is-creating-a-misinformation-superspreader-verma-other-items-re-ai-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of AI fake news is creating a \u2018misinformation superspreader\u2019 [Verma] + other items re: AI in general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2023\/12\/17\/ai-fake-news-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The rise of AI fake news is creating a \u2018misinformation superspreader\u2019<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Pranshu Verma<br \/>\n<em>AI is making it easy for anyone to create propaganda outlets, producing content that can be hard to differentiate from real news<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking factual articles that instead disseminates false information about elections, wars and natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Since May, websites hosting AI-created false articles have increased by more than 1,000 percent, ballooning from 49 sites to more than 600, according to\u00a0NewsGuard, an organization that tracks misinformation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Historically, propaganda operations have relied on armies of low-paid workers or highly coordinated intelligence organizations to build\u00a0sites\u00a0that appear to be legitimate. But AI is making it easy for nearly anyone \u2014 whether they are part of a spy agency or just a teenager in their basement \u2014 to create these outlets, producing content that is at times hard to differentiate from real news.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitch.com\/v\/2jmm9p\/538fe91f-6878-4203-8b49-c66aae06e9a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI, and everything else<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from pitch.com by Benedict Evans<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitch.com\/v\/2jmm9p\/7c612fd6-747c-43d2-b54a-f03f68990aa2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90051 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BenEvans-AIPresentation-Dec2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BenEvans-AIPresentation-Dec2023.jpg 974w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BenEvans-AIPresentation-Dec2023-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/BenEvans-AIPresentation-Dec2023-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theaiexchange.com\/p\/chevy-chatbots-go-rogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chevy Chatbots Go Rogue<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from<br \/>\n<em>How a customer service chatbot made a splash on social media; write your holiday cards with AI<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just bought a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aq4wDitvQW\">pic.twitter.com\/aq4wDitvQW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisJBakke\/status\/1736533308849443121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Their AI chatbot, designed to assist customers in their vehicle search, became a social media sensation for all the wrong reasons. One user even convinced the chatbot to agree to sell a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for just one dollar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This story is exactly why AI implementation needs to be approached strategically. Learning to use AI, also means learning to build thinking of the guardrails and boundaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here&#8217;s our tips.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2023\/12\/19\/ftc-rite-aid-facial-recognition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rite Aid used facial recognition on shoppers, fueling harassment, FTC says<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Drew Harwell<br \/>\n<em>A landmark settlement over the pharmacy chain\u2019s use of the surveillance technology could raise further doubts about facial recognition\u2019s use in stores, airports and other venues<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The pharmacy chain Rite Aid misused facial recognition technology in a way that subjected shoppers to unfair searches and humiliation, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday, part of a landmark settlement that could raise questions about the technology\u2019s use in stores, airports and other venues nationwide.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nBut the chain\u2019s \u201creckless\u201d failure to adopt safeguards, coupled with the technology\u2019s long history of inaccurate matches and racial biases, ultimately led store employees to falsely accuse shoppers of theft, leading to \u201cembarrassment, harassment, and other harm\u201d in front of their family members, co-workers and friends, the FTC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of AI fake news is creating a \u2018misinformation superspreader\u2019 &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Pranshu Verma AI is making it easy for anyone to create propaganda outlets, producing content that can be hard to differentiate from real news Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,556,356,817,387,433,112,816,95,63,25,216,860,309,196,105,480,20,454,195,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adobe","category-amazon","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-bots","category-business","category-communications","category-corporate-business-world","category-facebook","category-global-globalization","category-google","category-journalism","category-microsoft","category-nvidia","category-platforms","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-social-media","category-society","category-strategy","category-the-downsides-of-technology","category-tools","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90049"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90069,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90049\/revisions\/90069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}