DARPA launches Semantic Forensics project to identify fake news and online disinformation

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The internet has turbo-charged the dissemination of misinformation
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The internet has turbo-charged the dissemination of misinformation

Algorithms developed under DARPA's SemaFor project will be able to scan more than 500,000 stories, videos, images and audio files to identify fakes

US research agency DARPA has launched a new project intended to identify 'fake news' on internet. The project, called Semantic Forensics (SemaFor), will try to create custom software capable of ...

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