NewsGuard claims to be an unbiased media ratings service that creates an unfair blacklist of news outlets, and uses AI to prevent the spread of false content that could influence the upcoming US presidential election. We are strengthening our efforts to prevent this.
semaphores report In the run-up to the 2024 election, bad actors are already exploiting AI technology to generate and spread misinformation at scale. NewsGuard claims to be a misinformation watchdog that evaluates news sources by journalistic standards, boasting ties to government censorship agencies, and claims to be a misinformation watchdog that evaluates news sources with journalistic standards We are offering a new service aimed at stopping falsehoods.
“Malicious actors are really beginning to perfect the techniques to exploit not only the open internet, but also AI,” NewsGuard CEO Gordon Crovitz said in a statement. “We now live in an AI-powered internet, right? And bad actors are creating more content, cheaper, more targeted, more divisive, more We are creating something that is persuasive.”
Newsguard is focused on combating misinformation using AI. The company has partnered with tech giants like Microsoft, which has licensed NewsGuard data to help train its new AI-powered Bing search engine.
NewsGuard targets pro-Trump news outlets (Alex Wong/Getty, Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty, NewsGuard; Edited by BNN)
However, NewsGuard’s reputation and credibility have been repeatedly questioned. Breitbart News reported in 2022:
NewsGuard’s own founders have fueled false claims about major national news stories, despite billing themselves as a fake news watchdog. In the midst of the 2020 presidential election, NewsGuard co-founder Steve Brill said on national television that he believed there was a “high probability” that the article about Hunter Biden’s laptop was “a fabrication by the Russians.” Stated.
Michael Hayden, a NewsGuard advisory board member and Russiagate conspiracy theorist, signed an open letter making similar claims but has not yet retracted it. He continues to serve as an advisor to NewsGuard.
This “anti-misinformation” organization has such a reputation for targeting conservatives that it’s no surprise that Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), chairman of the influential Republican Research Committee, sent a letter to the Pentagon warning of its “extreme actions”. Partisan bias. ”
NewsGuard maintains browser extensions that can be added to Edge, Chrome, and other web browsers. Once installed, NewsGuard’s “Nutrition Label” will appear next to links to news websites. A green label indicates that the website is trustworthy, and a red label indicates the opposite.
Fox News, Breitbart News, Revolver, and Rebel Media currently have “red” ratings. The left-leaning news outlet known for publishing uncorrected and misleading information on major stories, such as downplaying Hunter Biden’s laptop, continues to receive a perfect or near-perfect rating on NewsGuard. There is.
One of NewsGuard’s new efforts is to “fingerprint” misinformation so its AI models can detect false claims and avoid sharing them. The group also uses bad actor thinking to “red team” AI systems to ensure text, image, video, and audio generators cannot bypass safeguards against misinformation. I am.
NewsGuard also aims to incorporate trusted data about elections, such as voting locations and dates, from government websites into its AI knowledge base. This ensures that voters receive accurate logistics information.
NewsGuard claims to have recorded a 1,000 percent spike in AI-generated fake news articles about elections from May to December 2022. Meanwhile, the Proof study found that language models like ChatGPT often provide inaccurate answers to detailed questions about voting procedures.
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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering free speech and online censorship issues.
