AI and journalistic fact-checking

This event will take place in German, please find further information below. 

The widespread use of AI tools capable of generating images, videos, or audio artificially is reshaping the media landscape on the internet – and it raises questions for journalism: How does generative AI impact the spread of misinformation? What possibilities exist to identify AI-generated content? What knowledge do journalists need in the age of AI to credibly verify information? Can AI tools, in turn, assist them in fact-checking?

When?

January 30, 2024, 12:00 – 13:00 CET

What?

Within the scope of the "Journalist-in-Residence" program, Elena Riedlinger considered how AI might be used as a tool both to help and hinder the spread of misinformation. In this interactive online event, she discusses this topic together with experts in the field of AI and media ethics. Audience members are encouraged to participate and ask questions. 

Speakers

• Elena Riedlinger (Cyber Valley Journalist-in-Residence)
• PD Dr. Jessica Heesen (Head of the research focus Media Ethics, Philosophy of Technology and AI at the Ethics Center of the University of Tübingen)

To attend this event, please register here, and we will send you a link to the online event. The event will be recorded. The language of the event is German.

About Cyber Valley Journalist-in-Residence 

In a three-to-six-month residency, one or two journalists explore how AI applications can be used for good journalism and how journalists can ensure that their reporting on the technologies behind the buzzword "artificial intelligence" is appropriate and evidence-based. The journalists are selected by an independent jury.  During their residency, the journalist-in-residence can conduct research on a topic of his or her own choice in exchange with AI researchers from different disciplines – absolutely independently. Cyber Valley does not explicitly expect any reporting on AI topics or about Cyber Valley during this time. The program takes place twice a year in cooperation between Cyber Valley and the Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET AI Center). It is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.