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CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes (variety.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You should check out Captain Disillusion on YouTube then. His breakdowns are fascinating to watch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

But not politicians …

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The new unit, called “CBS News Confirmed,” will be led by Claudia Milne

Well that is brave.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Is that her? She looks like a hallucination.

[–] Ghyste 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Predicting it now, anything the government doesn't agree with will be called a "deepfake".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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