Maarten Schenk
@mschenk.bsky.social
Fact checker. Co-founder of leadstories.com.
Is Community Notes missing on the x.com Android app for anyone else or is it just me? Works fine on the web version, but no menu option or ability to write a note in the dropdown menu on posts on app. They do appear in notifications. cc: @mantzarlis.com @alexmahadevan.com @carloshem.bsky.social
Crypto-oplichter Caïn Ransbottyn op Tomorrowland ondanks celstraf: “Strafuitvoering tijdelijk onderbroken” De crypto-oplichter Caïn Ransbottyn was vrijdag te gast in het mediadorp van Tomorrowland, amper een maand nadat hij tot twee jaar effectieve celstraf was veroordeeld. Hoe kon hij dan...
Crypto-oplichter Caïn Ransbottyn op Tomorrowland ondanks celstraf: “Strafuitvoering tijdelijk onderbroken”
De <a href="https://www.hln.be/antwerpen/hij-serveerde-kaviaar-aan-zijn-kippen-nu-staat-crypto-expert-cain-ransbottyn-47-voor-oplichting-in-rechtbank~a830522e/" target="_blank">crypto-oplichter</a> Ca...
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This raises all sorts of ethical questions, just like with AI-generated child porn. Are these faked insect/animal fights morally "better" than the accounts posting real ones? Or do they just "whet the appetite" for more animal abuse?
Lead Stories@leadstories.com · 3w agoPrebunk: AI Insect, Animal Fight Videos Have Bugs In Them -- Stop Fakes From Crawling Through
‼️ Ik wil geen paniek zaaien mannekes, maar dat waterstoffluoride-lek in de Waaslandhaven is niet om mee te lachen! Indien je daar in de buurt was, en al merk je aanvankelijk niets: niet de stoere uithangen, maar als de weerlicht naar het ziekenhuis! Waarom? … 1/5
“[I]t appears Gemini always returns the results for the first image or video uploaded in a chat session when asked about the presence of a SynthID watermark, even when a new one is uploaded and the question is repeated for that file.”
Lead Stories@leadstories.com · 3w agoWarning: Google Gemini SynthID AI Watermark Detector Appears To Mix Up Results In Same Chat -- Consistently Shows False Positives And Negatives Under Certain Conditions #CheckTok #FactCheck #Google #Gemini #SynthID #AI leadstories.com/analysis/202...
One of the biggest tools used by fact-checkers to verify if a piece of content shows evidence of being generated with AI appears to have a major bug in it... Under certain conditions it will consistently give a wrong answer. Workaround: start a new chat for each piece of content you want to test.
Lead Stories@leadstories.com · 3w agoWarning: Google Gemini SynthID AI Watermark Detector Appears To Mix Up Results In Same Chat -- Consistently Shows False Positives And Negatives Under Certain Conditions
Got served up this map of "Belgium" in an ad on Instagram. What in the name of AI slop cartography is this monstrosity?
Is your crazy internet uncle going gaga over this video that claims to show the lady who shared a subway ride with the Patriot Front? Isn't it grand to see AI making people happy by confirming their worst bias?
Lead Stories@leadstories.com · last mo.Fact Check: FAKE 'Before Patriot Front' Video Seems To Show Woman From Reuters Photo--But It Was Made With Google AI
Belgium suggests a venue change for USA-Belgium so Trump can just walk over to watch.
Overzicht van wie welk land support tijdens VS - België morgen.
Één goal per vijf minuten... Mathematisch kan het nog steeds! #BelSen
Incredible stuff. Flemish newspaper De Standaard listed the Belgian Prime Minister's residence on AirBnB (using his name as host) and got approved. The listing was up for two months. (h/t @mschenk.bsky.social) www.belganewsagency.eu/belgian-news...
Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented -- Rhetorical Extrapolation
Fact Check: Figure of 250,000 Girls Raped by U.K. Grooming Gangs NOT Definitively Documented -- Rhetorical Extrapolation
Is the number of girls raped in the United Kingdom by grooming gangs definitively documented to be 250,000? No, that's not true: That figure is an extrapolation using an unclear methodology based on data from smaller communities with headline-grabbing scandals...
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I'm looking for people who mistakenly booked overpriced tickets on a website that imitated the official one for any of these attractions: Alhambra, Colosseum, Louvre, Museo del Prado, Palace of Versailles, Sagrada Familia, Uffizi Galleries, Vatican Museums This is for @indicator.media
