United States
Pentagon seeks fake news automated detection grail

For one of the components of its counter-disinformation programme INCAS, US defence research agency Darpa is betting on artificial intelligence to combat foreign influence campaigns, with help from high-tech firms Sift and Protagonist. [...]
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United Kingdom
After fighting fake news in the US elections, Logically accelerates on the Indian market

Founded by British Indian Lyric Jain, anti-fake news company Logically is currently growing fast in India. It has positioned itself in the country's sizeable market for securing elections against information manipulation. Its task is a tricky one, however, given that the supporters of the governing party are themselves major purveyors of disinformation.

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China, France, United States
CIA fund interested in French start-up Prophesee despite its Chinese backers

The technology developed by French computer vision start-up Prophesee, which is already receiving funding from Chinese investment company Sinovation Ventures, has now attracted interest in the United States. So much so that it is currently being looked at by the CIA's high tech investment arm, In-Q-Tel.

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France, Israel, United States
Sahar, Primer, ActiveFence lead Western efforts to defeat online disinformation with AI

As the spectre of disinformation resurfaces in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, digital influence experts are turning to commercial artificial intelligence solutions to detect hostile influence operations. The Israeli startup ActiveFence plans to distribute its platform directly to social networks.

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