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Nov 18, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Magda Osman
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able to warn of, and ultimately counteract, serious harms from deepfakes, propaganda, conspiracy theories and misinformation.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Magda Osman
By Magda Osman, Professor of Policy Impact, University of Leeds
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake…Read complete article© The Conversation
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Magda Osman
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able to warn of, and ultimately counteract, serious harms from deepfakes, propaganda, conspiracy theories and misinformation.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
phys.org | Magda Osman
Ken Murphy, CEO of the British multinational supermarket chain Tesco, recently said at a conference that Tesco "could use Clubcard data to nudge customers towards healthier choices". So how would this work, and do we want it? Our recent study, published in the Scientific Journal of Research and Reviews, provides an answer.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Magda Osman
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Magda Osman
Ken Murphy, CEO of the British multinational supermarket chain Tesco, recently said at a conference that Tesco “could use Clubcard data to nudge customers towards healthier choices”. So how would this work, and do we want it? Our recent study, published in the Scientific Journal of Research and Reviews, provides an answer. Loyalty schemes have been around as far back as the 1980s, with the introduction of airlines’ frequent flyer programmes.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Magda Osman
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Magda Osman
Nepal, Feb. 1 -- Many countries face general elections this year. Political campaigning will include misleading and even false information. Just days ago, it was reported that a robocall impersonating US president Joe Biden had told recipients not to vote in the presidential primary. But can disinformation significantly influence voting? There are two typical styles of election campaigning.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
kathmandupost.com | Magda Osman
Columns People tend to rate fake news as accurate when it’s in line with their own political beliefs. bookmark Magda OsmanMany countries face general elections this year. Political campaigning will include misleading and even false information. Just days ago, it was reported that a robocall impersonating US president Joe Biden had told recipients not to vote in the presidential primary. But can disinformation significantly influence voting? There are two typical styles of election campaigning.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Christina Couch |Magda Osman
LINK: dailyiowan.com ➚ | Posted by: Hanaa' Tameez | January 30, 2024Student journalists in Iowa will now have more chances to hone their reporting skills while strengthening local news. The Daily Iowan, the University of Iowa’s independent student newspaper, has purchased two weekly local newspapers in the state, per an announcement on Monday. Media company Woodward Communications sold the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and Solon Economist to the Daily Iowan in Iowa City.
