New tool uses AI to flag fake news for media fact-checkers
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help social media networks and news organizations weed out false stories.
Dec 16, 2019
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Google Assistant to be 'news host' on devices
Google said Tuesday its digital assistant will serve as a "news host" on its connected devices to deliver stories from a variety of its media partners.
Nov 19, 2019
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For Americans, mobile devices top for news: survey
Americans rely on their mobile devices for online news far more than desktop or laptop computers, building on a trend that began several years ago, a survey showed Wednesday.
Nov 19, 2019
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Fake news via OpenAI: Eloquently incoherent?
OpenAI's text generator, machine learning-powered—so powerful that it was thought too dangerous to release to the public, has, guess what, been released.
Nov 09, 2019 weblog
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Facebook highlights moves to combat 2020 disinformation
Facebook on Thursday spotlighted steps it is taking to combat foreign interference and online disinformation in the 2020 US elections.
Nov 08, 2019
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Group says misinformation on the rise on Facebook
An advocacy group tracking misinformation says it has found an increase in fake political news shared on Facebook ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
Nov 06, 2019
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Plain language about health data is essential for transparency and trust
Ask any group of people if they have read and understood the last terms and conditions they agreed to, and you'll be lucky if anyone puts up their hand. This is not surprising given the estimate that it would take 76 work ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
'Personalized DJ' music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners' changing moods
Imagine having a disc jockey inside your computer who matches the music played to your current frame of mind. According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin, machine learning can approximate that experience ...
Oct 02, 2019
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Facebook to stop news headline changes from advertisers
Facebook said Monday it is working to stop advertisers from changing headlines in links to news stories after concerns raised by a British political party's altering of one such link.
Sep 16, 2019
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Robotics
Storytelling bots learn to punch up their last lines
Nothing disappoints quite like a good story with a lousy finish. So researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who work in the young field of automated storytelling don't think they're getting ahead of themselves by devising ...
Aug 01, 2019
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Researchers keeps wraps on automatic text generator to prevent misuse
Researchers this week announced they had developed an automatic text generator using artificial intelligence which is very good—so good, it is keeping details private for now.
Feb 16, 2019
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VeryMal: Campaign in image-based malware spotted
By this time, news stories have made words like bugs, viruses and malware familiar and by all means frequent, as computer users scramble to self-educate on how to avoid falling victim to a range of security invasions.
Jan 27, 2019 weblog
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Google launches AI-driven audio news feed
Google said Thursday it was launching a radio-style, on-demand audio news feed available on smart speakers, personalized with the help of artificial intelligence.
Dec 07, 2018
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Story ending generation using incremental encoding
Researchers at the AI Lab of Tsinghua University have recently developed an incremental encoder-based model that can generate story endings. An incremental encoder is a type of encoding compression algorithm that is often ...
Sep 13, 2018 feature
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Fake news detector algorithm works better than a human
An algorithm-based system that identifies telltale linguistic cues in fake news stories could provide news aggregator and social media sites like Google News with a new weapon in the fight against misinformation.
Aug 21, 2018
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