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Artificial IntelligenceOlivia Sohr and Franco Piccato: AI has the potential to enhance the efficiency and speed of fact-checking efforts. If fact-checkers around the world could combine their efforts on these new tools, the impact on fact- checking in multiple languages and in multiple formats would be enormous, they say. They say it is imperative for fact- checkers to embrace experimentation and collaboration.See the Story
How fact-checkers can use AI wisely
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TikTok · TurkeyIn 2023, Teyit dived deeply into TikTok to see if there was a need for fact-checking. TikTok has grown to become one of the top online news-sharing platforms. For one of every five searches on TikTok, Gen Z users are likely to encounter misinformation at least once.See the Story
Yes, you can fact-check on TikTok
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Maryland · MarylandPolitiFact rates Andrew Tate's claim that the crash was a cyberattack False. Tate, a former kickboxer-turned-online-influencer, is facing rape, trafficking and gang activity charges in Romania. State and federal officials said they found no evidence that the ship hitting the bridge was anything other than an accident. Video shows lights flickering on and off on the cargo ship.See the Story
There's no evidence of a cyberattack in the Baltimore bridge crash
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Artificial IntelligencePoynter released its AI ethics guide. Hours later, a near-identical article appeared on a sketchy website. It was likely written by artificial intelligence. Even an article about the ethical use of AI isn't immune from bad actors who will use the technology unethically.See the Story
A pink slime site used AI to rewrite our AI ethics article
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Gannett sheds three news executives
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New Orleans · New OrleansKaren Gadbois is the co-founder of The Lens, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest newsroom. The Lens has published work that held government to account, watchdogged how charter schools spend taxpayer money, investigated Louisiana's coastal land loss. She has kept The Lens alive as other for- and nonprofit newsrooms have crumbled. In a time of growing news deserts, local newsroom closures, The Lens is a pioneer in nonprofit news.See the Story
In New Orleans, a pioneering nonprofit newsroom ponders a future beyond its founder
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Jake TapperA Facebook post says CNN anchor Christine Romans is leaving the network. The post includes a photo of CNN anchors Dana Bash and Jake Tapper. The photo also shows Univision anchor Ilia Calder�n, who did not work at CNN. News coverage did not connect Romans' exit to network ratings.See the Story
Old news about a CNN anchor’s exit is being repackaged as ‘breaking’ news
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