QF”s AI project helps detect ”disinformation” – MENAFN.COM

QF”s AI project helps detect ”disinformation” – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: At present the World Health Organization's main concern is fighting the pandemic, but then its secondary concern is fighting disinformation. It has raised concern over an 'infodemic' - information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak. The first step to stop fake news and propaganda is to verify sources and that will help building a better internet, says Preslav Nakov, a computer scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) a member of Qatar Foundation. Since it is impossible to verify everything that is published, building a better internet means stopping propaganda and fake news before it spreads, according to Nakov, a specialist in speech and language. He leads the project 'Tanbih' using machine learning to assess the reliability of media sources. That allows his team to gather news articles alongside signals about their trustworthiness and political biases, all in a Google News-like format. The project reflects QF's belief in the power of AI to offer solutions that simplify complex tasks through data analysis and machine learning and its commitment in addressing global challenges through research, development, innovation in AI. Like many other researchers, Nakov prefer the term