Peter Cochrane: Tackling fake news and propaganda with AI and machine learning
This year saw the first global 'datathon' to apply natural language processing to identify 'fake news'. Professor Peter Cochrane was there as an advisor

Every now and then, serendipity draws me into something new, unusual and exciting. And so it was that following my previous opinion article on the Truth Engine I received an invitation to become an advisor...
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