The release of the feature comes as huge amounts of disinformation are being spread about the Israel-Hamas war, often in the form of unrelated images being shared out of context.
If someone goes looking for the origins of an image shared on social media, the idea is that Google’s tool should help provide them with answers.
It also said it would make the tool available via a right-click or long-press on an image in Chrome or by “swiping up in the Google App when you’re on a page and come across an image you want to learn more about.” Google says it plans to add more ways to access the feature “in the coming months,” and we’ve followed up to ask for more information.
But as we’ve seen in recent months, it’s all too easy to share or engage with misleading images on social media (like a swagged-out pope) without even stopping to think if it’s genuine.
Though still in beta, Google says it’s releasing a new API to help fact-checkers and journalists integrate Fact Check Explorer into more workflows.
These AI-generated descriptions will display in the “About this result” tool and are designed to fill in when existing sources like Wikipedia or the Google Knowledge Graph don’t have information on a smaller website.
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The release of the feature comes as huge amounts of disinformation are being spread about the Israel-Hamas war, often in the form of unrelated images being shared out of context.
If someone goes looking for the origins of an image shared on social media, the idea is that Google’s tool should help provide them with answers.
It also said it would make the tool available via a right-click or long-press on an image in Chrome or by “swiping up in the Google App when you’re on a page and come across an image you want to learn more about.” Google says it plans to add more ways to access the feature “in the coming months,” and we’ve followed up to ask for more information.
But as we’ve seen in recent months, it’s all too easy to share or engage with misleading images on social media (like a swagged-out pope) without even stopping to think if it’s genuine.
Though still in beta, Google says it’s releasing a new API to help fact-checkers and journalists integrate Fact Check Explorer into more workflows.
These AI-generated descriptions will display in the “About this result” tool and are designed to fill in when existing sources like Wikipedia or the Google Knowledge Graph don’t have information on a smaller website.
The original article contains 536 words, the summary contains 214 words. Saved 60%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!