The start of 2024 has brought with it a range of misinformation and disinformation challenges to governments, businesses, and society. Every week, 5 – 10 incidents reach my inbox of harmful content circulating the internet that has had a proven impact on audience beliefs. Organisations have never been more focused on developing a model of resilience to navigate the complexities and dangers of...
We’ve all seen the headlines around COP28, but what was going on behind the scenes? It was a troubling trend of misinformation, mistrust, and polarization. 2.2 million posts on X were published during the conference – the same as COP27 which is surprising given this year’s controversies, but this could also be indicative of X’s declining role in public discourse – with 8,584 X profiles mentioning...
At Chatham House recently I heard a rather sombre reflection from Professor Yoshua Bengio, one of the world’s distinguished AI computer scientists. Bengio stated that AI models never act as intended. A dark insight and revelation from a deep learning pioneer that accentuates why the speed of AI developments must be met with regulation. Predicting the twists of human affairs, much like AI itself...
A 14-year-old has been accused by his school of cheating in an exam by using ChatGPT. This is just one of the everyday harms Artificial Intelligence (AI) is presenting, and we’re not even talking about killer robots yet. Next week the UK Government is making a bold play to join the regulatory and geopolitical discussions related to AI technologies. The AI Safety Summit at the historic Bletchley...
The rapid acceleration of generative AI has democratized access to technologies that will transform entire industries. When it comes to the spread of mis- and disinformation the harm could be significant. For several years, it’s had a tangible business impact that has been well-recorded with an estimation made that disinformation causes share price loses totalling $78bn per year. This year, the...
7 years have already passed since the UN-GA established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before the pandemic, not a single country was on track to meet these goals by 2030 – ironically due to countries battling some of the challenges of climate change like food insecurity – the COVID-19 pandemic too. At this year’s World Economic Forum, the message was clear: “We must now work...