Iblis Bane (@iblis-bane.co.za)

The inevitable result of centuries of colonisation, exploitation, & worse I'm afraid. Not sure if it's better or worse that it almost certainly isn't intentional...bias in models is a consequence of bias in training data which is a consequence of bias (conscious or not) in available information.

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“Fake news detection” AI is more likely to fail in the Global South, new study shows Last May, as India conducted the largest democratic election in history, I spoke to reporters and fact-checkers in the country about the challenges they faced identifying political deepfakes. Many of them spoke to shortcomings in existing AI detection tools, and the biases baked into them. Most … https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/fake-news-detection-ai-is-more-likely-to-fail-in-the-global-south-new-study-shows/