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"Dead News": How Bots and AI Are Taking Over the Internet

Duration: 21min 8sec Type: Panel (discussion)

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"The Dead Internet" is a conspiracy theory that claims that most content on the Internet is created and distributed by bots, that is, fake people. This concept is confirmed by the work of one YouTube channel called NAS. Info, where artificial intelligence seems to create everything from the most newsworthy events and heroes to the video sequence and graphic design.

How to distinguish content created by artificial intelligence from truthful information? Why should you be careful with bright headlines and unknown sources? What threats does the use of artificial intelligence technologies for political manipulation and making money on disinformation pose - Vadim Misky talked about all this with Irina Semenyuta, a journalist for the online publication MediaSapiens, in the Mediums podcast.

And also about manipulative techniques, the use of artificial intelligence to create emotional headlines and fake news, and why content that looks patriotic is actually filled with fakes and disinformation that can undermine trust in Ukrainian institutions and influence the opinions of millions of people.