PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Misinformation is a growing threat and could impact voters in the 2024 presidential race. While it’s not new, some experts believe it’s evolving, becoming easier to create and harder to spot.
And with a rapid rise in artificial intelligence technology, it can be a challenge to know what’s real and what isn’t.
Now, concerned experts have curated some of the most viral pieces of misinformation found on the web into a single database, with the goal of making it easier to spot.
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on. And that has definitely been accelerated by the age of AI,” said Miles Taylor, Chief Policy Officer with The Future US.
That spreading of lies can impact how people perceive candidates, issues, and even elections as a whole, according to security experts. And some think it even poses a threat to democracy itself.
“When we have divergent understandings of what actually is and isn’t real or factual, democracy falters,” says Peter Adams with the News Literacy Project.