This is the second in a three-part series on AI fact-checking tools. Today, we’ll cover AI text, video and audio detection, and geolocation estimation tools.
Video and Audio AI Detection
InVid Video News Verification is one of the leaders in deepfake video detection. It’s also available as a Google Chrome plug-in. Tools like Watch Frame By Frame let you break down a video to look for imperfections.
You also can use YouTube, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere to break a video down by frames. Screengrabs of video frames can be reverse-image searched to find where and when videos have appeared online.
I’ve had great luck with fact-checking audio and video with the tools in the free Deep-Fake-o-Meter. Built by the University of Buffalo, it taps into AI detection tools around the world to scan your video or audio. It’s proven to have good outcomes when I have tested it.
Sensity.ai and DeepWare are two tools that detect AI-generated videos. You can upload a video or use a link to analyze the video. Sensity is a paid tool and Deepware is free, and the latter is somewhat unreliable by my testing.
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For audio detection, try the free AIVoice Detector, which lets you upload audio to scan. (It is also available as a browser extension.) PlayH is a good freemium text-to-voice tool that can be used for fact-checking.
Detecting AI Text
Detecting AI in writing can be difficult. There are tools that can mask AI-generated writing. And some of the best AI detection tools can hallucinate or even discriminate against international students and journalists.
It’s good to test copy from reporters, students and press releases periodically or if you suspect some of the writing may be AI-generated.
I maintain a list of free and paid AI-detection and plagiarism tools on the Toolbox, but here are three free detection tools that work well:
GPTZero
Detect ChatGPT, GPT3, GPT4, Gemini, and other AI models. Various settings for AI and human + AI. Useful for detecting AI in stories, press releases and schoolwork.Copyleaks
Available as a Chrome extension as well.WinstonAI
Free AI detection tool with paid upgrades. Tracks several tools, including Claude.
What I recommend: Run the copy through all three free tools and if you get a high percentage of AI-generated writing in the analysis, then talk with the student or reporter about the story. Don’t be quick to punish. The author may have used AI to edit or write just a small portion of the story.
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Also, I highly recommend subscribing to Craig Silverman’s Digital Investigations Substack Newsletter, which is full of fact-checking tools and techniques.
Video: Perplexity.ai
More AI Resources:
NICAR Conference Resources Database
Links to presentations, GitHub repos, and tipsheets this year. The database starts at 2020.Parsehub.com
Web scraping toolNewsgames.org
Builds news quizzes, crossword puzzles and other games using AI
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ONA AI in Journalism Trainings Extend Through the Fall
I’m at ONA 24 conference in Atlanta this week. I’m doing a couple of Saturday workshops on AI tools and another for educators. Sign up at the ONA 24 website or at the front desk.
Also: You can still sign up for the Online News Association/Microsoft AI in Journalism Initiative training program, which is continuing through fall 2024 with more sessions. The trainings are free for ONA members and $25 for non-members. You can register for the training here.
The trainings, which last 60 to 90 minutes, will run each month with a few extra trainings and mini-labs sprinkled in. They will be recorded for those who miss the live Zoom trainings or want to replay them. I helped them design the trainings and will conduct several of them.
Free Election Tools Training Sessions
RTDNA and Google have teamed up to launch an election fact-checking training program targeted to broadcast and digital newsrooms, the organizations announced on Monday. The trainings, which last one to three hours, can be taught in-person or over Zoom. Once you decide when, where and which trainer you want, you can fill out a form linked off the program’s web page. The program costs nothing; Google covers the trainers’ time and travel costs.
Textbooks
The Journalist’s Toolbox
My new book, “The Journalist’s Toolbox A Guide to Digital Reporting and AI” was published by Routledge in December. You can order it here,
Data + Journalism
Samantha Sunne and I co-authored a textbook, “Data + Journalism” that’s available now on Routledge. (Order here). It’s an introductory- to intermediate-level guide to learning data storytelling from A to Z.
In Quotes …
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