BBC shuts down social media investigations unit as AI disinformation surges
BBC Trending exposed AI-generated Holocaust scams on Facebook recently before being cut.
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AI-generated Venezuela videos reveal a darker truth about disinformation
The problem isn't that people were fooled. It's that they didn't care.
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Journalists scramble as AI-generated images beat official photos to publication
Fact-checkers and journalists are losing ground to synthetic images during breaking news events.
Grok’s deepfake crisis shows why 2026 is the year of ‘breaking verification’
As Musk's AI generates fake explicit images on demand, newsrooms face a new imperative: proving what's real.
AP launches verification dashboard combining AI and traditional tools
Platform aims to streamline content authentication for newsrooms fighting misinformation.