Fake news Vs fake news Jorge Pérez/Alamy
Fake news spreads faster than the truth on social media, and as fake news generating machines get more sophisticated, distinguishing real from fake is becoming more difficult than ever.
Artificial intelligence that can quickly generate convincing paragraphs of text from a simple prompt already exists and can be used to churn out convincing but untrue stories for influencing public opinion. But paradoxically, these problem AIs may also offer a solution.
Artificial intelligence:
Rowan Zellers at the University of Washington and colleagues have…
