Lesson 1000 of 1234
How to Tell If a Wild News Story Was Made by AI
Some 'news' you see is made up by AI to get clicks. Here are the small clues that give it away.
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- 1The big idea
- 2misinformation
- 3verification
- 4media literacy
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Section 1
The big idea
AI can write whole news stories that look real but are not. Learning to check before you share keeps fake stuff from spreading because of you.
Some examples
- The story is shocking but no big news site has it — that is a clue
- The photo has weird hands, melted text, or six fingers — likely AI
- The 'expert' quoted does not show up anywhere else online — suspicious
- It tells you to 'share before they delete it' — classic fake-news trick
Try it!
Next time something wild pops up in a feed, search the headline. Does any real news site have the same story?
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