Experts in antisemitism, online hate and related conspiracy theories who gathered in New York to stress test leading Artificial Intelligence systems and platforms found it did not take much to break their safety guardrails. By posing as an "objective" researcher or adopting a different identity, testers were able to induce chatbots to produce inconsistent, questionable […]
In a recent essay published in The Free Press, British historian Niall Ferguson and the AI researcher John-Clark Levin examine the reasons behind the resurgence of Holocaust denial in the age of social media and artificial intelligence. Their argument is deliberately provocative: historians have lost the battle. Although our knowledge of the Holocaust has never […]
On Tuesday, someone posted a video on X of a procession of crosses, with a caption reading, “Each cross represents a white farmer who was murdered in South Africa.” Elon Musk, South African by birth, shared the post, greatly expanding its visibility. The accusation of genocide being carried out against white farmers is either a […]
Mario Nawfal is a Kremlin mouthpiece and crypto ‘entrepreneur’ whose conspiracy-peddling anti-western content is relentlessly pushed by Elon Musk on X. The black-clad 30 year-old podcaster is best known for hosting his eponymous ‘Roundtable’ show on X. He interviews fellow extremist influencers and anti-democratic political figures from Romania, Russia and the Middle East, broadcasting to […]
Holocaust denial remains a cornerstone of modern antisemitic conspiratorial ideologies, often amplified by online misinformation and hate speech. In this context, Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses both significant opportunities and alarming risks to the understanding and preservation of Holocaust history. While AI offers new tools to engage with and educate about the past, its misuse can […]
