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In Wikipedia We Trust?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

In Wikipedia We Trust?

We can't agree on much today. But thanks in part to cofounder Jimmy Wales, we can agree on Wikipedia.

Hard Numbers: Seeking employees with AI skills, Cursor’s cash, Kremlin lies infiltrate chabots, Singapore’s aging population, VC’s spending spree, OpenAI ❤️s CoreWeave
GZERO AI

Hard Numbers: Seeking employees with AI skills, Cursor’s cash, Kremlin lies infiltrate chabots, Singapore’s aging population, VC’s spending spree, OpenAI ❤️s CoreWeave

Hard Numbers: AI-generated bank runs, Europe wants to supercharge innovation, Do you trust AI?, Dell’s big deal, South Korea’s GPU hoard
GZERO AI

Hard Numbers: AI-generated bank runs, Europe wants to supercharge innovation, Do you trust AI?, Dell’s big deal, South Korea’s GPU hoard

​Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs Krzysztof Gawkowski speaks during a press conference.
What We're Watching

Poland sounds the Russia cyber alarm

Poland’s Krzysztof Gawkowski, deputy premier in charge of digital affairs, warned this week that Russia is waging a “cyberwar” against his country. Poland, he said, was “the most frequently attacked country in Europe” by Russia’s spy services. That’s not surprising, given the long history of Russian-Polish enmity, but there are plenty of other governments that share Poland’s indignation.

How the UN is combating disinformation in the age of AI
UN General Assembly

How the UN is combating disinformation in the age of AI

Disinformation is running rampant in today’s world. The internet, social media, and AI — combined with declining trust in major institutions — have created an ecosystem ripe for exploitation by nefarious actors aiming to spread false and hateful narratives. Meanwhile, governments worldwide are struggling to get big tech companies to take substantive steps to combat disinformation. And at the global level, the UN’s priorities are also being hit hard by these trends.

​Hacked displayed on a mobile with binary code with in the background Anonymous mask. On 9 August 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.
GZERO AI

Old MacDonald had a Russian bot farm

On July 9, the US Department of Justice announced it disrupted a Russian bot farm that was actively using generative AI to spread disinformation worldwide.

​Cyabra data of trump trial
Analysis

Battle of the bots: Trump trial

Talk about courting attention. Former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his hush money trial on 34 felony counts captured the public’s imagination – some to rejoice, others to reject – and much of the debate played out on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Graph of real and fake account activity on AOC's X account.
Analysis

Battle of the bots: AOC under attack

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is most well-known for her progressive politics. But in today’s online world, being well-known on social media, especially as a polarizing political figure, is both a gift and a curse.

​A man views a computer screen displaying the AI-crafted speech of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, to call for votes ahead of the general elections in Karachi, Pakistan, in early February 2024.
GZERO AI

AI election safeguards aren’t great

The Center for Countering Digital Hate has been testing the most popular AI tools to see if they’re able to be manipulated to generate election disinformation despite public promises and usage rules to the contrary.

Alexei Navalny, protesters with pro-Navalny signs in English and Russian that say Alexey my hero, magnifying glass showing a hacker, "Who is next" - collage
GZERO North

Tracking anti-Navalny bot armies

In an exclusive investigation into online disinformation surrounding online reaction to Alexei Navalny's death, GZERO asks whether it is possible to track the birth of a bot army. Was Navalny's tragic death accompanied by a massive online propaganda campaign? We investigated, with the help of a company called Cyabra.