[DECODED] What a fake Duterte tells us about our bigger AI problem
Disinformation spreads rapidly because it’s becoming easier and cheaper to create fakes, while the systems behind them are outpacing the safeguards meant to mitigate the risks
Disinformation spreads rapidly because it’s becoming easier and cheaper to create fakes, while the systems behind them are outpacing the safeguards meant to mitigate the risks
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not say that he is planning to resign; the false claim is actually the opposite of the news headline “Marcos has no plans to resign, Palace says” that the person was showing in the video.
A young Duterte is racking up swooning comments and supporters online. Except he’s synthetic.
In this video, the Ateneo Human Rights Center, Youth Voices Count, PressOne, and PHINMA Education evaluate the critical provisions of the bill and decide whether they are ready to commit, or pop the red balloon
Marcos says the Philippines must prepare for an AI-driven future while protecting children from online harms
The complainants accuse Senator Pia Cayetano of sharing a spliced and misleading video while she sits as a senator-judge in the Sara Duterte impeachment trial
Fake news peddlers are unbowed in sharing disinformation on social media
As long as the online platforms are designed to chase engagement and profits, public safety will always take a back seat
I hope that people of faith will realize how such attacks on the press erode our capacity to distinguish fact from fiction and, ultimately, right from wrong