28 stories tagged Social Media
X (formerly Twitter) has launched AI-generated voice messages, allowing users to send spoken messages with customizable voices. The feature uses text-to-speech AI to convert typed text into natural-sounding speech, making communication more personal and accessible for all users.
TikTok is introducing an opt-in tool for creators to scan for AI-generated likenesses and report them. This move aims to combat the rise of deepfakes on the platform, giving creators more control over their digital identity.
A new graph-based AI framework from ArXiv cs.CL detects and analyzes disinformation narratives on Telegram by clustering related claims and modeling their diffusion across channels. The tool targets coordinated misinformation campaigns, particularly in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says AI-generated content should not be filtered out of the platform, but users who dislike it can choose to avoid it. He emphasizes transparency through labeling rather than removal.
X has launched a new AI feature called 'Community Notes' that helps fact-check posts in real time. This aims to improve information accuracy on the platform by leveraging collective intelligence.
Meta has pulled a controversial AI feature from Instagram that let users generate images based on others' posts. The company admitted the tool 'missed the mark' after widespread criticism.
Researchers developed a framework that analyzes text and images to spot fake news and predict mob violence before it happens. This could help prevent real-world harm caused by misinformation.
Researchers propose using AI agents to audit personalization algorithms on social media. This could make it easier to study how these systems influence what we see online. The method aims to balance realism and scalability in audits.
Meta has relaunched Facebook Creator Studio as a standalone AI companion app to help creators grow their audiences. The new AI Creator Assistant offers personalized tips and tools to improve content performance on Facebook.
X (formerly Twitter) has launched AI-enhanced 'Community Notes' to help users fact-check posts. This tool allows crowdsourced corrections with AI assistance, making misinformation easier to spot.
Major social platforms are giving users more control over their feeds. This shift could make your online experience more personal and less frustrating.
Meta has introduced a 'For You' feed in its standalone AI app that is entirely filled with AI-generated clickbait articles. The topics, images, and text are all created by AI, raising questions about misinformation and the blurring line between real and fake news.
AI-generated content creators are improving so quickly that even experts struggle to tell them apart from humans. This blurs the line between real and artificial influencers, raising ethical and trust concerns.
Major platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok are automatically tagging AI-generated content. But users still can't fully filter it out of their feeds, and the article argues platforms should give people that power.
Scammers are using AI to create fake Black influencers to sell cheap products on TikTok. This deceptive practice exploits both consumers and the Black community, with one account even using a fake Black woman named Aliyah to hawk handmade metal buckles.
Researchers at CUNY developed an AI system that analyzes social media timelines to track mental health changes. The tool identifies emotional states and predicts shifts in mood over time.
Foreign actors are using AI-generated videos to spread misleading narratives about the UK's decline. The BBC found these videos are designed to look like real news reports. This is a growing concern as AI tools make it easier to create convincing fake content.
Researchers are using large language models to analyze social media posts during disasters, uncovering causes of damage and infrastructure failures. This could help emergency responders act faster and more effectively.
A political group backed by OpenAI and Palantir is paying social media influencers to warn about Chinese AI advancements. This raises concerns about misinformation and the growing tech rivalry between the US and China.
Researchers found that AI models can generate posts that make people feel inferior or superior, but struggle to recognize these effects in their own writing. This highlights a gap in AI's understanding of human psychology.
Scammers are using AI-generated deepfakes of Taylor Swift and other celebrities to promote fraudulent services on TikTok. The manipulated videos often mimic real interviews or red carpet events to lure users into fake rewards programs.
A study reveals that LLMs trained on Western data fail to detect health misinformation in non-Western contexts, such as cow urine remedies on Indian YouTube. This highlights a critical gap in AI's ability to handle culturally nuanced content.
Researchers have introduced the first benchmark for extracting claims from multimodal social media posts, addressing a gap in automated fact-checking. The dataset includes text combined with images like memes and screenshots, challenging traditional methods.
Vynly introduces an AI-exclusive social platform with built-in provenance verification. The beta version aims to combat misinformation by ensuring content authenticity.