AI is making disinformation harder to spot – but we’ve found a new way to catch it
As AI-generated text becomes harder to identify, the real clues lie in how online conversations are being manipulated.
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Published: 7 August 2026
Source: The Conversation
Category: News
Topics: Misinformation
Retrieved: 8 August 2026
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ethics.ai (7 August 2026), “AI is making disinformation harder to spot – but we’ve found a new way to catch it,” evidence record 17438, https://ethics.ai/record/17438 (originally published by The Conversation).
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