Why AI 'shouldn't tackle disinformation online'

This week we hear from journalist and Mozilla Fellow Odanga Madung who uncovered a paid disinformation campaign on Twitter in Kenya. He says social media firms mustn’t rely on AI to tackle the spread of false information online. Also, a brand new dinosaur has been discovered in China. 

Fossils show it’s in the same family as the Stegosaurus, with large armour plates and spines.


Plus:

  • Microsoft’s Direct-Storage API speeds up loading times (2.10)
  • Ford launching 7 new EVs in Europe (2.42)
  • Dronecoria: using drones to reforest the world (3.12)
  • The high tech ambulance using 5G from space (4.26)
  • How to watch NASA’s live spacewalk (5.05)


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