Elon Musk‘s AI chatbot Grok produced inaccurate and contradictory responses when users sought to fact-check the Israel-Iran conflict, a study said Tuesday, raising fresh doubts about its reliability as a debunking tool. With tech platforms reducing their reliance on human fact-checkers, users are increasingly utilizing AI-powered chatbots — including xAI’s Grok — in search of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has shut down its office that sought to deal with misinformation and disinformation that Russia, China and Iran have been accused of spreading. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Wednesday that he had closed what had been known as the Global Engagement Center because it had…
At the urging of Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), most of the Democrats in the California Assembly are leaving the social media platform of billionaire Elon Musk, a loyalist of President Trump. Rivas said Thursday that 58 of the Assembly’s 60 Democrats will stop, or have already stopped, sharing information and interacting with constituents through…
BEIJING (AP) — The recent move by U.S. President Donald Trump to make cuts at Voice of America and other U.S. government-run media may be welcome news for China’s ruling Communist Party. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson refrained from commenting on Trump’s decision Tuesday but took the opportunity to criticize the outlets. “I do not…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 40-page comic book, titled “The Stories of Teacher Jun,” was unveiled by Philippine officials. It contains colorful caricatures of a Filipino…
Elon Musk has regularly posted that users on X are “the media now” (Photo by Michael M. … [+] Santiago/Getty Images) Getty Images Elon Musk has made it very clear that he believes posts on his social media platform are as credible—and perhaps even more so—than content from traditional news outlets. “You are the media…
Steve Bannon got out of prison exactly a week before Election Day. He was released before dawn and immediately headed to a remote studio to tape War Room, his podcast and streaming show, so as to waste no time getting back to his audience, the MAGA faithful. He had been in prison for almost four…
On November 9, a parish priest was stabbed with a knife as he presided over mass at a Catholic church in Singapore. While the priest survived, and the attacker was subdued at the scene and subsequently handed over to the police, the vicious act shocked the city state, which is unaccustomed to such high-profile acts…
We’re still sifting through all the reasons that the 2024 presidential cycle turned out the way it did, but there’s clearly one factor that proved more potent than just about any other: costs. Groceries, housing, transport, recreation—everything that’s far more expensive now than it was before the pandemic recovery continued to weigh on the minds…
During the G20 social event this past weekend, Brazil’s First Lady, Janja Lula da Silva, didn’t mince words when addressing billionaire Elon Musk. SpaceX CEO recently appointed to lead Trump’s new DOGE initiative alongside Vivek Ramaswamy faced sharp criticism after his social media platform, X, was suspended in Brazil for a month this year over…