Disinfo Docket 11 August
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Highlights
- The CDC Shooter Was Obsessed With Vaccine Conspiracy Theories. RFK Jr. Was Predictably Slow to Respond. (Mother Jones, 9 August)
- Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot (Guardian, 10 August)
- Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. (NYT, 8 August)
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1. Platforms & Technology
- Harness the full power of AI! (or not): AI-related advertising on X is going just great (Conspirator Norteño, 9 August)
- TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor (Guardian, 10 August)
- From bootcamp to bust: How AI is upending the software development industry (Reuters, 9 August)
- New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him (Washington Post, 10 August)
- AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds (Guardian, 11 August)
- Instagram's new location-sharing feature is raising privacy concerns (ABC, 9 August)