Large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence chatbots using generative language can offer smoking cessation information and advice.
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Explaining Twitter’s inability to reduce vaccine misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Users dissatisfied with exposure to objectionable online content have begun to migrate en masse to new social media platforms.
The Reputational Penalty: How Fact-Checking Can Penalize Those Who Spread Misinformation
Whether or not political leaders pay a price for spreading misinformation has profound implications for democracy.
Meta’s fact-checking changes put company under political microscope
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, on child safety. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
After Trump's election win, Meta is firing fact checkers and making big changes
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has announced a bunch of big changes for Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization
Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America goes against recent efforts to shield the federally funded news organization from politicization.
How does media shape and reflect right-wing rhetoric in the U.S.?
The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election
Social media creates the possibility for rapid, viral spread of content, but how many posts actually reach millions?
Announcing the 2024 UCS Science Defenders
At the end of each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people
Analyst says Musk uses politics on X 'to further his own interests'
Analyst says Musk uses politics on X 'to further his own interests'