On the Radar

AI can fake it now — so don’t take it at face value

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Deepfakes

Internet Matters put out a warning this week: AI makes it dead easy to whip up fake images, videos and stories that look completely real, and they’re spreading fast through feeds and group chats. The clever bit isn’t the tech — it’s that a convincing fake gets shared before anyone thinks to check.

The move Before you believe it or repost it, slow down and check: search the claim and see if a real news site has it, and reverse-image-search the picture. If nobody trustworthy is reporting it, don’t pass it on.
Practise it: Second Source →
For teachers

Talking about this in class

Pair this with Second Source as a starter or homework. The point to land isn’t ‘spot the AI’: fakes are getting harder to see, and a real photo can travel with a false story attached. The habit that lasts is checking where something came from before passing it on.

A quick prompt to open with: what’s the last thing you shared, and do you know where it started?