Tag: Misinformation

AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute

The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald...

South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump's funding threat

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump's “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a day after the...

Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

LONDON -- Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win reelection, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe,...

Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship

CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them...

It’s Election Day, and all the AIs — but one — are acting responsibly

Ahead of the polls closing on Tuesday, most of the major AI chatbots wouldn’t answer questions about U.S. presidential election results. But Grok,...

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO -- X's crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn't addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk's social media...