Building Resilience to Misinformation: An Instructional Toolkit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Misinformation
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and MisinformationDiscusses recent technological advancements, including artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, as well as the linkages between these technologies and the different modalities of information.
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