Tag: misinformation
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Hacker News: Utah Bill Aims to Make Officers Disclose AI-Written Police Reports
Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/utah-bill-aims-make-officers-disclose-ai-written-police-reports Source: Hacker News Title: Utah Bill Aims to Make Officers Disclose AI-Written Police Reports Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a proposed legislation in Utah (S.B. 180) aimed at regulating the use of generative AI in police report writing. This move highlights concerns over accuracy, accountability,…
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Hacker News: Google fumbles Gemini Super Bowl ad’s cheese statistic
Source URL: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/google-fumbles-gemini-super-bowl-ads-cheese-statistic Source: Hacker News Title: Google fumbles Gemini Super Bowl ad’s cheese statistic Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving Google’s Gemini AI erroneously claiming Gouda cheese constitutes 50-60% of global cheese consumption underscores critical issues in AI-generated content, particularly regarding accuracy and misinformation. This scenario reveals the…
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Slashdot: AI Summaries Turn Real News Into Nonsense, BBC Finds
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/2139233/ai-summaries-turn-real-news-into-nonsense-bbc-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Summaries Turn Real News Into Nonsense, BBC Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The BBC study reveals that AI news summarization tools, including prominent models from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google, frequently generate inaccurate or misleading summaries, with 51% of responses showing significant issues. The study…
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Hacker News: Representation of BBC News Content in AI Assistants [pdf]
Source URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/bbc-research-into-ai-assistants.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: Representation of BBC News Content in AI Assistants [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This extensive research conducted by the BBC investigates the accuracy of responses generated by prominent AI assistants when queried about news topics using BBC content. It highlights significant shortcomings in…
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The Register: AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/bbc_ai_news_accuracy/ Source: The Register Title: AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds Feedly Summary: Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up Still smarting from Apple Intelligence butchering a headline, the BBC has published research into how accurately AI assistants summarize news – and the results don’t…
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The Register: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/aukus_zservers_lockbit_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: AUKUS blasts holes in LockBit’s bulletproof hosting provider Feedly Summary: UK foreign secretary says Putin is running a ‘corrupt mafia state’ One of the bulletproof hosting (BPH) providers used by the LockBit ransomware operation has been hit with sanctions in the US, UK, and Australia (AUKUS), along with…
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The Register: Man who SIM-swapped the SEC’s X account pleads guilty
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/sim_swapped_guilty_plea/ Source: The Register Title: Man who SIM-swapped the SEC’s X account pleads guilty Feedly Summary: Said to have asked search engine ‘What are some signs that the FBI is after you?’ An Alabama man is pleading guilty after being charged with SIM swapping the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account in…