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Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X since October — a surge that some researchers say is aided by inauthentic accounts.

Oren Etzioni was once an optimist about artificial intelligence. Now, his nonprofit, TrueMedia.org, is offering tools for fighting A.I.-manipulated content.

China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

Whether it is just for kicks or propelled by genuine doubt, the unsupported claims about celebrities and public figures keep gaining traction online.

As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications online to discredit Ukraine’s leader and undercut aid. Some have a Hollywood-style plot twist.

The justices tried to distinguish between persuading social media sites to take down posts, which is permitted, and coercing them, which violates the First Amendment.

When the hashtag #EndFathersDay began trending on Twitter, she realized it was more than a joke. It was a coordinated disinformation effort.

The people on 4chan who created the images of Ms. Swift thought of it as a sort of game, the researchers said.

Fans of the star and lawmakers condemned the images, probably generated by artificial intelligence, after they were shared with millions of social media users.

El supuesto patrocinio de Swift a los productos de la empresa, que ha aparecido en anuncios publicados en Facebook y otros medios, es falso.

The singer did not promote a giveaway of the popular cookware, but an artificially generated version of her voice suggested otherwise.

In the hands of anonymous internet users, A.I. tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It’s already happening on the anonymous message board 4chan.