Source – hindustantimes.com Facebook is turning to machine-learning technologies to amplify the impact of human fact-checkers reviewing hoax news articles, as part of the company’s efforts to combat the spread of misinformation on its platform. The social network announced Thursday it was starting to use automated systems to identify duplicates of fake news articles previously flagged by Read More
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Source – nypost.com Robots are coming to steal your reviews. Researchers at the University of Chicago have trained a neural network, or artificial intelligence system, to write fake reviews on Yelp – and it’s pretty hard to tell them apart from a human review. Their study, which will be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer Read More
Source – cnet.com Facebook is doubling down on its war on fake news. The social networking titan said on Thursday in an updated blog post that it would expand a program to offer related articles on a trending topic that offer fact-check articles and other perspectives. The company added it would use “updated machine learning” to detect more potential hoaxes Read More
Source – bloomberg.com Imagine that tomorrow, some smart kid invented a technology that let people or physical goods pass through walls, and posted instructions for how to build it cheaply from common household materials. How would the world change? Lots of industries would probably become more productive. Being able to walk through walls instead of being Read More