Disinformation is eroding trust in public institutions and threatening democracies around the world. We're working with our @ObamaFoundation Scholars and leaders to combat these forces, break through barriers, and meet their communities where they are.

A recent Cyborg disinformation campaign attempted to spread lies amongst our citizens regarding the efficacy of Termicide 2.0. The Cyborgs have evidently continued investing resources into spreading falsehoods and disunity, likely recognizing they are hopelessly outmatched in conventional warfare. Citizen confidence in government messaging is of paramount importance. The Helldivers are ordered to pause construction of the TCS+ in order to liberate MEISSA, where these duplicitous files were believed to have been fabricated.

With the Covid Inquiry now endorsing the censorship by the government's Counter Disinformation Unit, Molly Kingsley, one of the CDU's victims, warns we can expect it to be a lot worse next time.

I was at @Stanford with the @ObamaFoundation to talk about the rise of disinformation around the world and the threat it poses to democracy. We all have a role to play here, so let’s get to work.

Narratives are harder to fact-check than individual claims and AI is making them easier to spread. Stanford HAI Student Affinity Groups members are exploring what it takes to combat disinformation beyond fact-checking:

Stanford students across disciplines are teaming up to tackle society's pressing questions in the age of AI. Meet the teams exploring cognitive security, disinformation, and creativity through HAI's Student Affinity Groups: