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Amanda Caswell

X is letting AI bots write fact-checks — here’s why it could backfire

The X logo seen on a smartphone screen in front of a laptop.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is taking initiative when it comes to fighting misinformation: it’s giving artificial intelligence the power to write Community Notes; those are the fact-checking blurbs that add context to viral posts.

And while humans still get the final say, this shift could change how truth is policed online.

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