ChatGPT’s entrance into public awareness has been an incredible phenomenon to observe. Almost immediately a slew of articles appeared, and continue to be published, that raise concerns about its potential…
ChatGPT and Misuse: Thoughts and Tools
2022 Supply Market Information and Research Trends That Will Continue Into 2023
Covering the ever-evolving changes in supply market intelligence, it’s time again for our annual trends article. This year’s post focuses on select trends and offerings and begins with Kelly’s eye-opening…
New Index Tracks How Exposed Various Brands Are to Misinformation
Pulsar, an audience intelligence platform provider, has partnered with NewsGuard, which rates the trustworthiness of news sources, to launch the Misinformation Risk Index: Brands. The Index provides a view into…
ESIG – Ethically Sourced Intelligence Gathering
If you watched Impeachment: American Crime Story, you probably remember Episode 3 where Matt Drudge digs through the trash at CBS in search of what turns out to be his…
Supply Market Research Trends for Procurement and Supply Chain: 2021 Update
Our book, Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals: Research, Process, and Resources, was published in 2015. To keep up with the continuously evolving and changing nature of supply market intelligence,…
A New Proactive Approach to Evaluating Information
During my years in academia, I taught information literacy to many college students. This is a fancy way of saying I taught students how to evaluate information so it is…
We Need To Talk About Deepfakes
The growing war on authenticity, which includes fake news and production of counterfeit goods, now extends to include deepfakes. Originating from a Reddit account, the term deepfake refers to the…
Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefings Provide Updates About the Spread of Coronavirus Information via Social Media Platforms
The Oxford Internet Institute is publishing “Coronavirus Misinformation: Weekly Briefings” that provide a weekly report about the spread of coronavirus information across multiple social media platforms. The Briefings are part…
Factsheet Identifies Main Types, Sources, and Claims of COVID-19 Misinformation
Cristina Tardáguila, Associate Director of the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN), has called COVID–19 ‘the biggest challenge fact-checkers have ever faced.’ – RISJ COVID-19 Misinformation Factsheet, General Overview Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ),…
Google Provides $6.5 Million in Funding to Misinformation Fighters and Adds COVID-19 Hub to Google News
In a Google post dated April 2, Google announced it is “providing $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and nonprofits fighting misinformation around the world, with an immediate focus on…