主持人:Priscilla Ng and Tony Sabine
RTHK’s new podcast focusing on dispelling misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
Don't take for granted unverified claims and believe everything you see.
Each episode, we'll focus on a couple of viral posts that are making false claims and set the record straight.
Was Pope Leo once a celebrated jazz trombonist in the 1970s and 1980s? That's the false claim from a musician who, as a joke, posted an AI image showing someone who looks similar to the new pontiff playing a trombone at a concert. The post gained enough traction that the Pope's own brother told AFP news agency that rumours of the head of the Catholic Church once having a secret musical life were false. So, what does this say about AI's ability to mislead after years of advancements? Should there be more restrictions on AI-generated images, and how dangerous can they be? Elvis Yu takes a closer look.
主持人:Priscilla Ng and Tony Sabine
HMPV is an old virus that's been circulating among humans for decades. And this winter, when cases began to spread on the mainland, so did a deluge of disinformation suggesting a new global pandemic was on the way.
Similarities were drawn with the onset of Covid-19 more than five years ago, with the fake news stoking anti-China sentiment. So what is HMPV and should we be concerned?
Find out more in this edition of Fact Focus.