#PODCAST Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) hopes to root out fake news & disinformation ahead of the elections #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) hopes to root out fake news and disinformation ahead of the May General Election through its new human-centric framework tool. The CSIR says the framework is almost ready to be rolled out and it will add to the existing online tools aimed at disseminating fake news. Research Group Leader at the CSIR, Dr Zubeida Dawood says the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fuelling the prevalence of such news on online platforms and everyone should attempt to verify such posts...