AI is creeping into every space of our lives, experts caution - Poynter
From viral shrimp messiahs to fake news popes, AI is warping how we see the world — and what we believe
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/generative-aritificial-intelligence-images-growing-threat/
Mahadevan described the replacement of professional journalists and fact-checkers with the general public as a monumental failure. “The future of facts online is you,” he told the audience. “In an incredibly hostile online world, all of these platforms have basically said, ‘You’re on your own. It’s up to you.’”