Hundreds of protected areas are under pressure from Scotland’s massive deer herd. Most agree deer numbers must be controlled to protect the environment, but are split on what should be done.
Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to complain.
Unsafe levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but officials insist water quality remains high.
ChatGPT is the incredible AI chatbot that’s taken the internet by storm, and led many of us to wonder if our jobs will soon be obsolete.
But could it result in realistic looking misinformation being spread?
Analysts at misinformation monitoring group NewsGuard tested the chatbot with some false narrative prompts, and received some scary results.
We spoke Lorenzo Arvanitis from NewsGuard about the bot’s potential for being used to spread misinformation, and how AI could affect our ability to tell good information from bad.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Ali and Paul discuss a false claim about Brexit and the Covid-19 vaccine, and in Paul’s Curiosity Corner we look at a viral claim about people identifying as cats in Aberdeenshire.
Hundreds of protected areas are under pressure from Scotland’s massive deer herd. Most agree deer numbers must be controlled to protect the environment, but are split on what should be done.
Edinburgh University students were “interrogated” by police at their desks over posters featuring Palestinians killed by the Israeli military, prompting dozens to complain.
Unsafe levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but officials insist water quality remains high.
Footage of farmed trout suffocating, haemorrhaging, and being beaten with batons in a slaughterhouse has prompted an official complaint to a government regulator.
