How do you know what to trust, what not to share and what to flag to tech companies? Here are some basic tools everyone should use when consuming breaking news online.
1. Know why something might be misinformation
Think about who would benefit from spreading confusing information during a news event, and brush up on specific narratives going around. During elections, for example, experts say to look out for conflicting information and conspiracy theories, baseless accusations and unfounded concerns about voter fraud that may benefit one political party or candidate.
6.ย Use these tricks to spot AI images
AI image generation tools make identifying fakes much harder, but not impossible. Here are five clues that you can look for to spot AI-generated images, including by zeroing in on hands, background images and inanimate objects that often donโt look quite right. You can find even more tips in ourย Tech Friend newsletter.
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- Look at the hands. AI software has a history of generating human hands with too many fingers or other oddities, though the technology is getting better fast.
- Zoom in on any inanimate objects in the image to see whether they feel off. Focus on items in an image like eyeglasses, fences or bicycles and see whether they have any telltale flaws.
