Verifying Facts in the Age of AI: Librarians Offer 5 Strategies

Press/Media: Public Engagement

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The phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence tools has made it easy to create a story quickly, complicating a reader’s ability to determine if a news source or article is truthful or reliable. For instance, earlier this year, people were sharing an article about the supposed suicide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s psychiatrist as if it were real. It ended up being an AI-generated rewrite of a satirical piece from 2010.

Period	30 Jul 2024

Title	Verifying Facts in the Age of AI: Librarians Offer 5 Strategies
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	The Conversation
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United States
Date	30/07/24
Description	The phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence tools has made it easy to create a story quickly, complicating a reader’s ability to determine if a news source or article is truthful or reliable. For instance, earlier this year, people were sharing an article about the supposed suicide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s psychiatrist as if it were real. It ended up being an AI-generated rewrite of a satirical piece from 2010.
Persons	Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Elaine Watson, Memo Cordova Silva