The AI that can write a fake news story from a handful of words


  • TECH
  • Friday, 15 Feb 2019

Tech maverick Elon Musk claims his Neuralink startup is making progress on its brain-computer interface effort, but experts in the field remain cautious.

OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research group co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has demonstrated a piece of software that can produce authentic-looking fake news articles after being given just a few pieces of information.

In an example published by OpenAI, the system was given some sample text: “A train carriage containing controlled nuclear materials was stolen in Cincinnati today. Its whereabout are unknown.” From this, the software was able to generate a convincing seven-paragraph news story, including quotes from government officials, with the only caveat being that it was entirely untrue.

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