We often speak about disinformation like it’s a side show to news, something motivated in extremes and from adversaries outside of balanced mainstream reporting. The NYT however gives us a good example of disinformation in the mainstream cycles (pun intended). They’ve been caught by StreetsBlog pushing an agenda with false analysis. To begin, the NYT … Continue reading Can You Spot the NYT eBike Disinformation?
The robot revolution began long ago, and so did the killing. One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going fast enough. And so twenty-five-year-old Robert Williams was asked to climb into a storage rack to help move things along. The one-ton robot … Continue reading On Robots Killing People
See what I did there? It worries me that too many people are forgetting almost nobody really has been able to tell what is true since… forever. I gave a great example of this in 2020: Abraham Lincoln. A print of abolitionist U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was in fact a composite, a fake. Thomas Hicks … Continue reading The AI Trust Problem Isn’t Fakes. The AI Trust Problem Is Fakes.
Here’s some context in a new Carnegie Europe report for the recent Russian Telegram star assassination. Established within the National Security Council in 2021, the Center on Countering Disinformation debunks Russia’s manipulative and misleading narratives, including through social media platforms. This is a formidable task as many of these platforms, especially Telegram, have become a … Continue reading Ukrainians decisively reject Russian narratives of internal divisions