Tag: Disinformation

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News
Date
July 13, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, ChatGPT, Data privacy, Data Security, Disinformation, Federal Trade Commission, Gary Smith, Large Language Models (LLMs), mind matters, New York Times, OpenAI, Sam Altman}

OpenAI is Now Under Investigation

_{The Federal Trade Commission wants to know how OpenAI gets their data and how much harm ChatGPT could have} _{News
July 13, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence}

The Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) sent a letter to OpenAI, the San Fransisco company responsible for creating ChatGPT, the Large Language Model that captured the world’s imagination in November of 2022. Per the New York Times, the F.T.C. is investigating the AI company’s methods of data acquisition and also plans on measuring the potential harms of AI on society, citing concerns over false information and job replacement. Cecilia Kang and Cade Metz report: In a 20-page letter sent to the San Francisco company this week, the agency said it was also looking into OpenAI’s security practices. The F.T.C. asked the company dozens of questions in its letter, including how the start-up trains its A.I. models and treats personal data. The Read More ›

Big data analytics visualization technology with scientist analyzing information structure on screen with machine learning to extract strategical prediction for business, finance, internet of things

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
June 14, 2023

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Conspiracy theories, COVID-19 and trust in science, data, Disinformation, Gary Smith, Google, Hillary Clinton, internet, Jeffrey Funk, LinkedIn, Mainstream Media, Moon landing, Oxford University Press, Pizzagate, Russia}

Review of Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science

_{Tech expert Jeffrey Funk reviews Gary Smith's enlightening new book on data, disinformation, and the "assault on science"} _{Jeffrey Funk
June 14, 2023

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Technology}

The pandemic proved a lot of things, one of them being that science is under assault. In this enlightening and entertaining new book, Professor Gary Smith shows us how much of the assault has its roots in what scientists do. The easiest impact to understand is the Internet, which was originally created by scientists in the 1970s to exchange scientific information. Now it has become a great way to spread disinformation on almost every subject. A former chief historian of NASA noted that: “The reality is, the internet has made it possible for people to say whatever the hell they like to a broader number of people than ever before.” Smith recounts endless examples of this disinformation, much of which Read More ›

Information censorship - Typewriter locked with a chain

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Caitlin Cory
Date
March 21, 2021

Categorized
Censorship, Media

Tagged
David Randall, Disinformation, extremism, First Amendment, Free speech, journalism, misinformation, Regulation, Sarah T. Roberts, Substack}

Columbia Professor Wants Government to Regulate News Media

_{The journalism professor argued before a government regulatory committee that "an open market without regulation will always favor bad actors over good"} _{Caitlin Cory
March 21, 2021

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Censorship, Media}

During a subcommittee hearing on misinformation, disinformation, and extremism in journalism, a Columbia University professor advocated for the regulation of news media to create “a more vibrant, truthful news environment.” Emily Bell (pictured) is a professor of journalism at Columbia University, and founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Prior to her appointment at Columbia, she was an award-winning writer and editor at Guardian News and Media in London. She offered her comments at a February 24 hearing titled, “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media”, hosted by the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House’s Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bell testified as a witness. She sees a “policy role” for government to play in Read More ›

Courthouse with judge's gavel and sign NO. concept of censorship and the production of restrictions and laws on restriction. Anti-popular laws, usurpation of power, conservative views. Lack of justice

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 11, 2021

Categorized
Media, Social Media, Technocracy

Tagged
Canada, Disinformation, Kevin Roose, Mark Steyn, Reality czar, Section 13 (Canada)}

“Disinformation”: Do We Really Need a “Reality Czar”?

_{Canada dodged a bullet in 2014. The United States will not be so lucky if it adopts Big Tech's new proposals against “disinformation” online} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 11, 2021

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Media, Social Media, Technocracy}

Recently, a New York Times technology columnist, back from a consult with Big Tech in Silicon Valley, urged U.S. President to appoint a “reality czar” to go after people who provide “disinformation” online. He concedes, “It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant.” Well yes, rather. And the czar would probably soon find himself in conflict with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But Kevin Roose (pictured), who says he has spent several years tackling “our national reality crisis”, begs us to hear the czar’s supporters out: This task force could also meet regularly with tech platforms, and push for structural changes that could help those companies tackle their own extremism and misinformation problems. (For example, it could formulate “safe Read More ›