"Conquering AI Fake News: Librarians Share 5 Essential Fact-Checking Strategies"
Library faculty Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Elaine Watson, and Jose Guillermo ‘Memo’ Cordova Silva wrote an article called “Verifying facts in the age of AI – librarians offer 5 strategies”.
It was published in The Conversation on July 30, 2024.
The article talks about how AI makes it easy to create fake stories, making it hard for readers to tell what's true.
They gave an example of a fake news story about the Israeli Prime Minister’s psychiatrist that was shared as real.
A 2021 poll said 95% of Americans think misinformation is a big problem.
The Pearson Institute studies ways to reduce global conflicts.
The librarians teach methods to check if an article is accurate.
One method is the SIFT Method: Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace.
Another method is P.R.O.V.E.N.: Purpose, Relevance, Objectivity, Verifiability, Expertise, and Newness.