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Don't fall for AI-powered disinformation attacks online - here's how to stay sharp

AI is already challenging our reality. Here are expert tools and tips that anyone can use to spot manipulation, verify information, and protect their organization from narrative attacks.

Narrative attacks, as research firm Forrester defines them, are the new frontier of cybersecurity: AI-powered manipulations or distortions of information that exploit biases and emotions, like disinformation campaigns on steroids. "The incentive structures built into social media platforms benefit content that provokes controversy, outrage, and other strong emotions," said Jared Holt, an experienced extremism researcher who recently worked as an analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The choice isn't between perfect detection and complete vulnerability but between developing informed skepticism and remaining defenseless against increasingly sophisticated attacks designed to exploit our cognitive biases and social divisions.

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