Fears AI factcheckers on X could increase promotion of conspiracy theories
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6YCNQ)
Former UK minister says platform, which will use AI to draft community notes, is leaving it to bots to edit the news'
A decision by Elon Musk's X social media platform to enlist artificial intelligence chatbots to draft factchecks risks increasing the promotion of lies and conspiracy theories", a former UK technology minister has warned.
Damian Collins accused Musk's firm of leaving it to bots to edit the news" after X announced on Tuesday that it would allow large language models to write community notes to clarify or correct contentious posts, before users approve them for publication. The notes have previously been written by humans.
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