AI authentication tools are built without adequate journalist input, new report finds
www.niemanlab.org
It has never been easier (or cheaper) to fake and alter media. The evidence that journalists rely on to verify facts — photographs, videos, documents, websites, and even audio calls with sources — can now be convincingly generated with AI. In June, dozens of journalists, technologists, and a…

The reason this is important and timely is because the messaging around these tools implicitly suggests there is an air of authority and integrity it would be impossible for them to have given that no journalists have examined and analyzed the mechanisms of these tools at any stage of their development.

    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Because getting a liberal arts education means you use input from people unqualified to provide that input?

      Getting your BA doesn’t qualify you to do code security reviews. Most journalists get that information from people who are qualified to do so.