Andy Dudfield

This is my current go to example of what my job is

It appears that Russia is using a poor quality fake of the (fame wise) mid level UK comedian Geoff Norcott to try and destabilise Armenia.

Why? How? To be seen by whom? It is a never ending journey

You are a good man

If you feel you have done enough Brussels I really liked Gent. Very easy to get to and a bit more alternative vibes. The design museum and especially the SMAK gallery are great. Really Good street art scene, but 'graffiti street' is pretty mid

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100%

(we have some how managed to get our finances wrong *again* and I suspect will need to sell anyone good we have left in Jan anyway)

yeah, I was pretty surprised by that. I still fear it is going to be a looooooong season for both of us.

Facts have been checked.

I am putting some vision language models through some tests.

So I am now looking for examples of vertical video (insta, tiktok, shorts) where the meaning of the video is implied via mime but not said out loud or via text on screen.

Send em my way if you have ideas

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10 (Ten) minutes or hope this time.

It is the hope that gets you. Every time

A London tube style map of wales

I really enjoy this Wales as a tube map vibe, but it necessarily does some absolutely wild things to Welsh geography

livemap.tfw.wales#/aw_en/mapview

This is *so* very interesting. The kind of media we monitor at @fullfact.org continues to see these kind of patterns and it is not just the most famous people that are being faked at the moment

What support do asylum seekers get in the UK? – Full Fact Can asylum seekers claim benefits, use the NHS or get a free iPhone? We’ve answered some of the most common questions we see about the support given.

What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Some facts

This looks great (though I think now sold out).

Sharing because more good things in the world please and also because it is an entire venue I have never heard of metres from my office.

London? Hey

Yeah - that good enough question is really on my mind at the moment. My sense (and this is why we need research!) was that if something is right most of the time, people are comfortable because the friction is so low. If something is more wrong than right, what is the signal that is offering trust?

Great @reutersinstitute.bsky.social research published today. This on the trust of AI generated search has surprised me. Way higher than I would have assumed.

Still striking that billions(?) of people are using search products where less than 50% of people think the first result is good.

Do you know what would be good news for fact checkers? Anyone who fancied going to the @fullfact.org website (the people who wrote the widely used fact check cited by lots of people here) and clicking the donate button. We are a tiny charity and your support helps.

fullfact.org/technology/d...

Do you know what would be good news for fact checkers? Anyone who fancied going to the @fullfact.org website (the people who wrote the widely used fact check cited by lots of people here) and clicking the donate button. We are a tiny charity and your support helps.

fullfact.org/technology/d...

The first thing we at @fullfact.org always ask people when they see something online is how does it make you feel? If it seems too good to be true, take a moment and consider if you should post it/say it on a prime time panel show

fullfact.org/toolkit/

How We’re Using Generative AI to Transcribe Challenging Audio We build AI tools to help fact checkers monitor the enormous amounts of media they encounter every day. As well as online newspapers and social media posts, our users want to monitor news broadcasts, ...

Make facts open, it makes them more facty.

We are nudging our @fullfact.org tech work into some old skool transparent working.

Cracking post from the team on how we transcribe content below.

Revealed: how fake stories about government plans to curb personal freedoms have spread across social media – Full Fact TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times.

Sometimes even we don't totally understand why something is happening online.

What do you think is going on here?

What a great idea

Really pleased to see the Beta version of a new Stats Wales launch. Good stuff.

stats.gov.wales/en-GB

The internet can still be alright sometimes.

Here is how this AMA went down

www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

AI and the Future of Knowledge | Content Authenticity Initiative Virtual Event - The rapid proliferation of AI-generated content is threatening the integrity of our information ecosystem. Misinformatio...

Having a little chat about the small topic of AI and the Future of Knowledge tomorrow, Sep 30th, 5:00 – 5:45 PM (GMT+1)

Do pop along online if you might be interested.

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The boss is doing a Reddit AMA on all things @fullfact.org today at 17.00 (UK)

www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

A screenshot of the Lingua Franca website. It shows a middle aged bearded man wearing a light grey crew neck top with the words 'facts are sacred' written on it in a mock hand written font. The price of $320 is shown below.

The Guardian has a $320 facts jumper.

It's nice. A neat slogan.

I also work for a small charity who believes facts matter and has a donation page you can visit.

donate.fullfact.org

For so long we have asked people how does a claim make them feel (if it is too good to be true, it often is) but increasingly we have to ask how does the systematic disruption in the foundations of information make you feel as well.

Full Fact Training – Full Fact Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking charity

A reminder that our team at @fullfact.org offers training on media literacy, AI, Fact Checking and combating misinformation.

It is good stuff.