Archives for misinformation

04 Jul

Digital India Act Expectations & Concerns 

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The draft of the Digital India Bill is set to undergo public consultation this month.  The need for a new regulatory landscape arises from India’s digital revolution—which has rendered the current regulation outdated. The existing IT Act has limitations in terms of recognising electronic records, transactions, and electronic signatures. While the internet, devices, and information […]

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07 Jan

Former co-leader of Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, thinks that AI needs to slow down

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On May 18 2021, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the rollout of LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) system that can chat with its users on any subject. This is an example of how language technologies are becoming enmeshed in the linguistic infrastructure of the internet, despite the unresolved ethical debates surrounding these cutting-edge systems.  […]
07 Jan

Former co-leader of Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, thinks that AI needs to slow down

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On May 18 2021, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the rollout of LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) system that can chat with its users on any subject. This is an example of how language technologies are becoming enmeshed in the linguistic infrastructure of the internet, despite the unresolved ethical debates surrounding these cutting-edge systems.  […]
25 Mar

COVID-19 Misinformation Tweets Being Removed By Twitter

While the world grapples with COVID-19, a series of fake news and misinformation on Twitter has led to a furthermore chaotic situation in certain parts of the world. Understanding the gravity of the situation, Twitter has begun to remove such tweets from their platform. Although, the company has made it clear that it cannot take…

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19 Feb

Move To Prevent Fake News By OpenAI Brings Indian Elections Into Spotlight

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Over the weekend, Elon Musk-backed artificial intelligence research company OpenAI published findings about their latest language model. In a deviation from their open source philosophy, OpenAI decided not to open source this specific model. While multiple news outlets cried foul at the amount of automated fake news that can be created using this model, OpenAI’s…

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