Fake news and false claims: can AI help fact-check the Trump administration?
by Martin Robbins from on (#2AY1V)
Automated fact-checking is hard enough, but Trump's 'chaos by design' threatens to render it obsolete. Can Artificial Intelligence keep our grip on reality?
Imagine you're the head of machine learning at a big social media company, and you've been asked to design a system that can detect "fake news". Succeed and you'll be in line for a fat bonus. Screw up and you could put democracy itself at risk. Where do you start?
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