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How Australian researchers used AI to spread misinformation within an hour

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The experiment lasted around 60 minutes: In this short period of time, Australian researchers used artificial intelligence to produce more than 100 blog posts about health, with fake pictures, fabricated testimonials from patients and doctors, and videos.

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