misinformation
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Brain power
Unrest in Bangladesh is revealing the bias at the heart of Google’s search engine
Bangladesh is an illustrative case of the global problem of algorithmic bias, and highlights how search engines can be exploited.
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Brain power
Critical thinking is more important than ever. How can I improve my skills?
We need to think critically and not fall for misinformation. Thankfully, it’s a skill we can practise and become better…
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Brain power
Generative AI and deepfakes are fuelling health misinformation. Here’s what to look out for so you don’t get scammed
Critical thinking is more important than ever.
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Artificial intelligence
Troubling case highlights that the KM community lacks key capabilities needed for safe AI use
A knowledge management (KM) organization becomes the victim of a content scam and publishes website posts promoting harmful services.
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Quality of science & its communication
Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself
Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t…
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Climate knowledge
Repeating aids believing: climate misinformation feels more true through repetition – even if you back climate science
Climate misinformation may be more effective than we’d like to think because of a phenomenon called the illusory truth effect.
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Artificial intelligence
Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
Researchers call for three steps to help protect against the risks of generative AI in combination with disinformation.
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Brain power
Even experts struggle to tell which social media posts are evidence-based. So, what do we do?
We need a better approach for communicating research on social media.
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Brain power
How best to correct scientific misinformation
Strategies exist to rectify misinformation, provided that obstacles are duly acknowledged and circumvented.
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Artificial intelligence
We’re not very good at telling when text has been written by AI
People cannot detect AI-generated text as their judgment is misguided by intuitive but flawed heuristics.
