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Multiple readings AI chatbots may be better than search engines in guarding against foreign propaganda Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions
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AI chatbots counter propaganda study

AI chatbots may be better than search engines in guarding against foreign propaganda

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Anil Dash Nicole Hennig Mike Caulfield Social Media Lab
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“A new experiment by NPR and Newsguard suggests AI chatbots may be better than search engines at guarding against foreign propaganda from China, Russia, and Iran. www.npr.org/2026/08/30/n...”

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“Tools matter, techniques matter, skill matters, context matters. If you don't understand this stuff I don't know why you would be in digital information literacy in the first place, but for some reason we've lost these core insights in this endless discussi…”

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4 experts · 19 posts · 4d ago
Anil Dash Luke Stark Karl Bode Mary Branscombe
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Anil Dash: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
Luke Stark: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
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2 experts · 8 posts · 4d ago
Anil Dash Mary Branscombe
Anil Dash: Even for the folks who want to shut it all down and put the genie back in the bottle, I’m not sure they’re fluent in the current state of the industry. Just having a clear-eyed look at where things…
Mary Branscombe: for the haters - bad news, i am afraid. literally every Fortune 500 company is using AI to develop their products and services. in many cases they're no longer even doing manual code review. i hate…
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