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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Social Sciences › Misinformation and Its Impacts

   Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

   Pennycook, Epstein, Mosleh, Arechar, Eckles and Rand · Nature · 2021

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   1. Supported · 67%“To shed light on this apparent contradiction, we carried out four survey experiments and a field experiment on Twitter; the results show that subtly shifting attention to accuracy increases the quality of news that people subsequently share.”

2. Social Sciences › Misinformation and Its Impacts

   ChatGPT and the rise of large language models: the new AI-driven infodemic threat in public health

   De Angelis, Baglivo, Arzilli et al. · Frontiers in Public Health · 2023

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   1. Unchecked“Infodemic is a trending topic in public health and the ability of LLMs to rapidly produce vast amounts of text could leverage misinformation spread at an unprecedented scale, this could create an “AI-driven infodemic,” a novel public health threat.”