CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes, Misinformation
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CBS' news-and-stations unit will launch a new effort to probe deepfakes and misinformation.

CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes::CBS’ news-and-stations unit will launch a new effort to probe deepfakes and misinformation.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    8 months ago

    Cynical response: So they weren’t checking before?

    More seriously though, I’d be interested in watching a show focused on analyzing fakes and misinformation. But I have a feeling it will be repetitive and watered down to explain tech with bad analogies so your Amish grandma can understand.

      • Deconceptualist@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Thanks. I think I’ve seen that channel and I recall it was good quality, but those breakdowns were maybe too long and detailed for a no-so-nerdy audience.

        Here I should have specified a show by a mainstream outlet like CBS. I want to see this type of analysis brought to a general audience in a concise but useful manner. It’s not an easy task but maybe with a dedicated team they can do it.

  • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    8 months ago

    I’d trust a hallucinating AI more than I would trust a huge corporate news outlet like CBS.

  • Ghyste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    32·
    8 months ago

    At best the people who need to see that the facts are, in fact, facts still won’t believe it.

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
    35·
    8 months ago

    Predicting it now, anything the government doesn’t agree with will be called a “deepfake”.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      Naive people who’ve been sleeping the last few years are down voting you.