AI ‘pre-cog’ predicts which Twitter users will spread disinformation

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have developed an AI system that detects which social media users spread disinformation — before they actually share it. The team found that Twitter users who share content from unreliable sources mostly tweet about politics or religion, while those who repost trustworthy sources tweet more about their personal lives. “We also found that the correlation between the use of impolite language and the spread of unreliable content can be attributed to high online political hostility,” said study co-author Dr Nikos Aletras, a lecturer in Natural Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. [Read: Why AI…

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