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Infocalypse Now

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

Charlie Warzel
Buzzfeed, 2018
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By predicting the fake news scandals surrounding the 2016 US presidential election campaign, tech engineer Aviv Ovadya has become an early Cassandra of Silicon Valley. Yet today, Ovadya believes that your children will look at the post-2016 election fallout with nostalgia. He warns that AI-enhanced technology is steering the world toward a disinformation apocalypse. To learn more about Ovadya’s background and thinking, getAbstract recommends you read Charlie Warzel’s recent post on BuzzFeed News.

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  • Former Silicon Valley tech engineer Aviv Ovadya has been an early voice warning about malicious actors using online platforms to spread misinformation. 
  • AI, combined with audio and video editing tools, will soon allow bad actors to influence world events by issuing authentic-looking footage of fake events or political speeches. 

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Charlie Warzel is a senior writer for BuzzFeed News. 

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