Takeaways There is no transparency around the editorial team and algorithm that selects news for 13.5m people in the UK. Previous research has shown biases in the Apple News algorithm but we don’t know if these have been corrected, or have worsened, over time. It is concerning for news access and consumption that the UK’s …
Earlier this year, the following headline ran in the Daily Mail Online: “AI-generated photos and videos pose threat to General Election”. Similarly, citing comments from Dame Wendy Hall, who co-chaired the Government’s 2017 AI review, The Independent ran with “Too late to prevent AI risk to elections this year”. There was rightly a great amount …
Disinformation, sharing false information to deceive and mislead others, can take many forms. From edited “deepfake” videos made on smartphones to vast foreign-led information operations, politics and elections show how varied disinformation can be. Hailed as “the year of elections”, with the majority of the world’s population going to the polls, 2024 will also be …
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