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Google Photos Will Now Add Labels to Images Edited Using AI Tools
Google Photos announced the introduction of specific labels to highlight that an image has been edited using artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday. The Mountain View-based tech giant will start including this information within the metadata of the images to let anyone easily check whether the image was made using synthetic methods. Apart f...
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Opinion | How India's Fact-Checking Collective Fought Poll-Time Misinformation
Nearly 50-plus organisations, comprising prominent fact-checkers and established newsrooms, big and small, from across the country, joined hands to be part of the collective.
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Google’s AI Overviews Said to Suffer From AI Hallucination, Advises Using Glue on Pizza
Google’s brand-new AI-powered search tool, AI Overviews, is facing a blowback for providing inaccurate and somewhat bizarre answers to users’ queries as it advised a user to use glue on pizza. Upon further investigation, the source was reportedly found and it turned out to be a Reddit comment from more than a decade ago.
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Google, Meta, OpenAI and More Firms Sign Tech Accord to Fight AI Election Interference Globally
Twenty tech firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Adobe, TikTok, and X announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive AI content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The accord was signed at the Munich Security Conference.
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Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government
India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he sa...
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YouTube to Remove AI-Generated Content That Impersonates Individuals, Label Synthetic Videos
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken off over the past year, with powerful AI chatbots, image and video generators and other AI tools flooding the market. The new technology has also posed new challenges related to responsible AI use, misinformation, impersonation, copyright infringement and more. Now, YouTube has announced new set of ...
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Google Lays Off "Some Of The Best And Brightest People" From Its News Divison: Report
Tech giant Google has laid off several employees this week in its news division, CNBC reported on Wednesday.
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AI Use Rising in Online Misinformation Campaigns, but Impact Limited Till Now, Say Researchers
Google-owned US cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct manipulative information campaigns online in recent years, though the technology's use in other digital intrusions had been limited so far.
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
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YouTube to Stop Removing Content Spreading Misinformation on Past Elections as Part of New Policy
Alphabet's YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to US presidential elections in 2020 and before. "In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech," Yo...
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Google to Launch New Image Search Features to Reduce Misinformation, Flag AI-Generated Images
Google is adding two new features to its image search to reduce the spread of misinformation, especially now that artificial intelligence tools have made the creation of photorealistic fakes trivial.
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
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Government Asks YouTube to Take Down 3 Channels Spreading Fake News, Sensational Claims
YouTube was asked by the government to take down three channels that were found to have spread fake news online, while making sensational claims about the government's public welfare initiatives. The fact checking unit of the Press Information Bureau had identified three channels using thumbnails and images of TV news channels and their anchors to ...
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Google Launches Anti-Misinformation Campaign In India
The initiative will use "prebunking" videos designed to counter false claims before they become widespread circulated on the company's YouTube platform and other social media sites.
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Google Launches Anti-Misinformation Project in India, Will Use 'Pre-Bunking' Videos to Counter False Claims
Google's Jigsaw subsidiary has announced a new anti-misinformation project in India that will use "prebunking" videos – designed to counter false claims blamed for inciting violence in the country, before they become widespread, on the company's YouTube service, as well as other social media websites.
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Google Photos Will Now Add Labels to Images Edited Using AI Tools
Google Photos announced the introduction of specific labels to highlight that an image has been edited using artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Thursday. The Mountain View-based tech giant will start including this information within the metadata of the images to let anyone easily check whether the image was made using synthetic methods. Apart f...
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Opinion | How India's Fact-Checking Collective Fought Poll-Time Misinformation
Nearly 50-plus organisations, comprising prominent fact-checkers and established newsrooms, big and small, from across the country, joined hands to be part of the collective.
-
Google’s AI Overviews Said to Suffer From AI Hallucination, Advises Using Glue on Pizza
Google’s brand-new AI-powered search tool, AI Overviews, is facing a blowback for providing inaccurate and somewhat bizarre answers to users’ queries as it advised a user to use glue on pizza. Upon further investigation, the source was reportedly found and it turned out to be a Reddit comment from more than a decade ago.
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Google, Meta, OpenAI and More Firms Sign Tech Accord to Fight AI Election Interference Globally
Twenty tech firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Adobe, TikTok, and X announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive AI content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The accord was signed at the Munich Security Conference.
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Facebook, YouTube Said to Be Warned Against Misuse of Deepfakes by Indian Government
India's government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he sa...
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YouTube to Remove AI-Generated Content That Impersonates Individuals, Label Synthetic Videos
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken off over the past year, with powerful AI chatbots, image and video generators and other AI tools flooding the market. The new technology has also posed new challenges related to responsible AI use, misinformation, impersonation, copyright infringement and more. Now, YouTube has announced new set of ...
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Google Lays Off "Some Of The Best And Brightest People" From Its News Divison: Report
Tech giant Google has laid off several employees this week in its news division, CNBC reported on Wednesday.
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AI Use Rising in Online Misinformation Campaigns, but Impact Limited Till Now, Say Researchers
Google-owned US cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct manipulative information campaigns online in recent years, though the technology's use in other digital intrusions had been limited so far.
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
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YouTube to Stop Removing Content Spreading Misinformation on Past Elections as Part of New Policy
Alphabet's YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to US presidential elections in 2020 and before. "In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech," Yo...
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Google to Launch New Image Search Features to Reduce Misinformation, Flag AI-Generated Images
Google is adding two new features to its image search to reduce the spread of misinformation, especially now that artificial intelligence tools have made the creation of photorealistic fakes trivial.
-
Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
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Government Asks YouTube to Take Down 3 Channels Spreading Fake News, Sensational Claims
YouTube was asked by the government to take down three channels that were found to have spread fake news online, while making sensational claims about the government's public welfare initiatives. The fact checking unit of the Press Information Bureau had identified three channels using thumbnails and images of TV news channels and their anchors to ...
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Google Launches Anti-Misinformation Campaign In India
The initiative will use "prebunking" videos designed to counter false claims before they become widespread circulated on the company's YouTube platform and other social media sites.
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Google Launches Anti-Misinformation Project in India, Will Use 'Pre-Bunking' Videos to Counter False Claims
Google's Jigsaw subsidiary has announced a new anti-misinformation project in India that will use "prebunking" videos – designed to counter false claims blamed for inciting violence in the country, before they become widespread, on the company's YouTube service, as well as other social media websites.
