Misinformation join-fighting mechanism enabled by AI forensics technology
Established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only S&T (science and technology) awards competition that recognizes new commercial products, technologies, and materials for their technological significance that are available for sale or license. The R&D 100 Awards, celebrating the program's 60th Anniversary this year, has long been a benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, software, manufacturing, and biotechnology. This 2022 R&D 100 winner is listed below, along with its respective category.
Category: Software/Services
Developers: Institute for Information Industry Institute For Information Industry
Co-Developers: Taiwan FactCheck Center
United States
Product Description:The deterrence of misinformation requires: (1) the establishment of public fact-checking awareness, (2) smooth reporting/inquiry channels, (3) professional fact-checking agencies and a collaborative environment. Through AI technologies, we tackled above-mentioned issues and integrated fact-checking related organizations so that a national-level joint-fighting system is formed, which successfully prevented misinformation from spreading.
Developers: Institute for Information Industry Institute For Information Industry
Co-Developers: Taiwan FactCheck Center
United States
Product Description:The deterrence of misinformation requires: (1) the establishment of public fact-checking awareness, (2) smooth reporting/inquiry channels, (3) professional fact-checking agencies and a collaborative environment. Through AI technologies, we tackled above-mentioned issues and integrated fact-checking related organizations so that a national-level joint-fighting system is formed, which successfully prevented misinformation from spreading.
Figure 1_MisinformationJoinfighting