Meta-funded regulator for AI disinformation on Meta's platform comes under fire: 'You are not any sort of check and balance, you are merely a bit of PR spin'

Just a few years ago it was easy to spot, at first glance, that an AI image wasn't real. Edges of items blended together, proportions didn't quite feel right, people had too many fingers, it never got cats right… yet it's now reaching the point that it can be harder to tell. Coming up to the US elections, TechCrunch hosted a talk with AI experts on AI disinformation (misinformation that has direct intent and malice) and Meta's self-regulation policies saw itself in the firing line.

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