American teenagers are increasingly misleading fake content on the Internet, shows reports

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Because AI has made fake content much easier in production, the growing number of American teenagers says that they are misled by photos generated by AI, video or other content on the Internet shows a new study.

ResearchPosted on Wednesday Holes AI generative tools. About 35% reported that it is deceived for counterfeit content on the Internet. However, more than 41% reported that they were confronted with a content that was real but misleading, and 22% said they shared the information that was fake.

The results obtained, as a growing number of adolescents, accept artificial intelligence. September common sense showed that seven out of 10 teenagers at least tried generatives.

Two years after the launch of Chatgpt, Ai Arena increased more and more crowded, with the meteorial arrival of Deeseek on Monday. But top models are still prone to AI hallucinations, according to July 2024 Research from Cornell, Washington University and Waterloo University means that even the best AI platforms still create false information from the air.

And teenagers who have encountered a fake online content will most likely say that AI will strengthen their online information testing, according to a survey of common sense, media and a technical non -profit organization..

The survey also pressed teenagers on their opinions on major technological corporations, including Google, Apple, Meta, Tiktok and Microsoft. Almost half of the teenagers do not trust large technologies to make responsible decisions on how they use AI, according to the study.

“The ease and speed at which the generative AI allows everyday users to spread unreliable claims and false media can intensify existing low levels of confidence in such installations and the government,” the research reads on Wednesday.

The distrust of teenagers in large technologies is in line with increasing dissatisfaction with large technological companies in the United States. American adults also have to combat an increase in the deceptive or in general fake content, increased erosion of already limited digital enclosures.

Since the purchase of Twitter in 2022 and the renaming of the X platform, Elon Musk pulled out his moderation teams, allowed misinformation and hatred language to extend and restore the accounts of previously forbidden conspiracy theorists, among other steps. Recently, Meta has replaced the third -party facts of the community notes, which is noted by CEO Mark Zerberg, will lead to a more harmful content that appears on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.

“Adolescent perception of the accuracy of online content signals distrust in digital platforms, pointing out the possibility of educational interventions for misinformation for adolescents,” – showed the study, adding that “the need for technical companies to give priority to transparency and to develop functions, it increases confidence in content that is divided on their platforms. ”