Researching disinformation using artificial intelligence techniques: challenges
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53477/2284-9378-23-21Keywords:
fake news;, misinformation;, disinformation management;, natural language processing;, ; NLP;, artificial intelligence;, machine learning;, cyber security.Abstract
The present article aims to address a series of problems generated by the use of artificial intelligence models for the study of the creation and dissemination of false information beginning from the difficulties in defining and classifying established terms, continuing by exemplifying the way some of the established databases in the research field of fake news are built and ending by noting the differences in their labeling
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