WEF Speaker Calls for AI to Help Curb Online ‘Misinformation’

A world in which artificial intelligence vets what people are allowed to see online has been advocated at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos by Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant. For the next two years, WEF speakers identified misinformation and disinformation regulation as a major priority. A former employee of Microsoft, Twitter (now X), and Adobe, Commissioner Inman Grant is a regular attendee at the Forum each year. Speaking as part of a panel called, “Protecting the Vulnerable Online,” the commissioner extolled the advantages of a global regulatory coalition, which would impose “safety by design” regulations on online platforms, placing them under government control....