Fact-checking
The process of verifying whether a claim is actually true before trusting or sharing it.
Learn it through a story
- The Photo That Traveled Too Far (Cybersecurity for Juniors 1, Ch 8)
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Related terms
- Dataset The whole collection of examples an AI learns from.
- Digital empathy Thinking about the real person behind every post before you share it.
- Explainability Being able to understand why an AI gave a particular answer.
- Fairness testing Checking an AI’s results for each group separately.
- Filter bubble Seeing mostly things that match what you already like or believe.
- Forward chain How a message multiplies as more and more people pass it along.