ChatGPT and other AI tools: AI and Fake News
AI Detection Tools (For Now)
Although no tool will give you perfect results, the ones below can help you determine if an image was created by AI or not.
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AI or NotDrag and drop or upload an image or audio file and this tool will tell you if it was created by AI.
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Google Images Regular SearchTo identify an image that you already have, save an image to your desktop, then drag into the search bar. Google will attempt to match the image. Can also be used to help identify AI-created images.
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TinEye"A reverse image search engine. It finds out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or if there is a higher resolution version." Can also be used to identify an image for which you have no information or to detect if an image was created by AI.
Classic Tomy Windup Robot Modeled in Lego. Created by Seejay, image via Creative Commons license 2.0.
Algorithms and the Internet
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Algorithms of Oppression : How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by
Call Number: (RH) ZA4230 .N63 2018New York University Press, 2018. -
Technically Wrong : Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by
W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Call number [RH] TA169.5 .W33 2017 -
The Filter Bubble : What the Internet is Hiding from You by
New York: Penguin Press, 2011.
Call number: [LC & RH Stacks] ZA4237 .P37 2011 -
Weapons of Math Destruction : How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by
New York, NY: Crown, 2016.
Call number: [LC and RH] QA76.9.B45 O64 2016
Deepfakes
Wardle, Claire. "Deepfakes: Is This Video Even Real?" YouTube, uploaded by New York Times, 14 August 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OqFY_2JE1c.
Deepfake programs use artificial intelligence to create videos, images, or audio that appear authentic, but are not real. As deepfake technology improves, it becomes increasingly difficult to identify fake content.
To learn about deepfakes, get started with MIT's "In Event of Moon Disaster".
Learn more with LinkedIn Learning's "Understanding the Impact of Deepfake Videos".
Algorithms and Filter Bubbles
Pariser, Eli. "Beware Online 'Filter Bubbles.'" TED, filmed March 2011, http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.