Many media organizations have built fact-checking services to help audiences become more aware of fake news or disinformation.
Of course, this is done manually and requires the engagement of people/experts who, for hours, conduct research and investigations to confirm their suspicions.
But one company, which has been monitoring recent US election debates, has used an artificial intelligence algorithm to see if it can help speed up the time it takes to verify a claim.
An article published in the BBC details how this company has faced the challenges of fact-checking during the US presidential elections. The main fact-checking this company has done during the debates between the two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The fact-checking was done by comparing the claims of the two presidential candidates with previously published facts.
However, as stated in this BBC chronicle, despite the support coming from Artificial Intelligence, verification should also have been done by experts in the field of fact-checking.
You can watch the full BBC report in English in the video at the following link: