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Readers Beware: AI Has Learned to Create Fake News Stories

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Real-sounding but made-up news articles have become much easier to produce thanks to a handful of new tools powered by artificial intelligence--raising concerns about potential misuse of the technology. What deepfakes did for video--producing clips of famous people appearing to say and do things they never said or did--these tools could do for news, tricking people into thinking the earth is flat, global warming is a hoax or a political candidate committed a crime when he or she didn't. While false articles are nothing new,...