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Resources & Recommendations
People Mentioned
- Honey Farid (Professor at the University of California Berkeley) - Studies manipulated media and provided insights on identifying AI-generated content.
- Jan LeCun (Heads research on AI for Meta) - Considered one of the fathers of AI; he unknowingly posted an AI-generated video on his social media.
- Kalina Koltai (Investigator with Bellingcat) - Works with an open-source research group and analyzes bystander videos, highlighting the dangers of assuming all videos are fake.
Organizations & Institutions
- Bellingcat - An open-source research group that analyzes media to verify authenticity.
Websites & Online Resources
- NPR.org Quiz (npr.org) - A quiz available for listeners to test their ability to identify AI-generated videos.