For the Washington Post, Peter Adams helps news consumers identify AI-generated images  

NLP in the News


With advancements in artificial intelligence, news literacy skills are key to recognizing when photos are faked or altered. The Washington Post recently published a guide for identifying  doctored  images and included NLP’s expertise.

Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Research and Design at NLP, advises in the story to look out for images that are circulated out of context, which changes their meaning. These images can be hard to spot because they appeal to “intuitive, gut thinking,” Adams says.

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