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This week on Indicator
Craig spoke to the CEO of GeoSpy about the present and future of using AI for geolocation. The Q&A was quoted in a 404 Media article about the LAPD’s interest in using the tool.
Alexios wrote about 94 TikTok accounts with 1.7 million followers that were using AI avatars of real journalists to spread Spanish-language misinformation. The story led him to a Brazilian WhatsApp group that serves as a marketplace for buying and selling monetized social media accounts. TikTok banned all of the accounts we wrote about.