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AI and the Spread of Pseudoscience and Misinformation: a warning… from an AI

Chat GPT -
To find out how AI might accelerate the spread of pseudoscience and misinformation, we asked something of an expert: AI chatbot Chat GPT
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While Artemis was heading to the moon, moon landing deniers were busy doubling down

Brian Eggo -
For the first time in decades, humanity is making its way back to the moon. As you might imagine, conspiracy theorists who deny the original moon landing are not taking this well.
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Turn off The Light: taking community action against misinformation and hate speech

Mark Horne -
When the free, conspiracy-laden antivax newspaper The Light began to circulate around Stroud, Gloucestershire, one group of concerned locals decided enough was enough
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Tall tales: ancient British giants, Stonehenge, and the mythological founding of Albion

Mark Horne -
Was Britain really founded by a race of ancient mythical giants? Obviously not, but try telling that to attendees at the Awakenings Expo
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John Robison, the Illuminati, and the beginnings of a global superconspiracy theory

Dave Hahn -
The Illuminati has become the go-to villain in grand narrative conspiracy theories, despite their humble origin as a shortly-lived German Enlightenment group
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The Better Way anti-vaxx conference hit on every single medical conspiracy theory… except one

Aaron Rabinowitz -
The Better Way conference wasn't shy to throw in as many medical conspiracy theories as it could find - which is why it was surprising that nobody mentioned the moral panic around trans people
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Trinidadian ‘Doctor’ Michael McDowell Claims COVID-19 is a Manufactured Bioweapon

Symington Smith -
Dr Michael McDowell's eye-catching claims about COVID-19 went viral in Trinidad and China - even though he is a doctor of 'divinity', not medicine
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Defending Critical Race Theory is impossible without highlighting the moral panic around it

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Defining Critical Race Theory will do nothing to deter culture war figures from stoking the CRT moral panic - we need to call out their tactics, rather than play into their hands
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