Our Truth Insecurity Has Arrived: AI and Misinformation Reach a New Level

What do you know to be true? And can you spot an AI-generated news story or online video? A recent video posted on X and reported by NBC News of an American company distributing food aid to the people of Gaza sparked an online debate about what was real and what was not. Beyond the facts of … Continue reading Our Truth Insecurity Has Arrived: AI and Misinformation Reach a New Level

Misinformation Lessons from Pizza Glue and Eating Rocks: A Beginning

Recently the data community and the media have been buzzing about Generative AI and in particular Google’s AI Overview responses to questions like ‘How many rocks should I eat?’ or ‘How to glue cheese to your pizza?’ These answers of course are silly and the memes have been fun to read, however, there is a … Continue reading Misinformation Lessons from Pizza Glue and Eating Rocks: A Beginning

Generative AI Has Brought Us to this Inflection Point

In the pre-dawn days of this year, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT. At first many probably thought of this as a fun parlor-like game sentence generator holding the same constructive value as the magic eight ball.  ChatGPT was entertaining and it can answer questions like who has the most Olympic gold medals in a way that makes … Continue reading Generative AI Has Brought Us to this Inflection Point