Israeli attacks leave at least 20 dead in Gaza
By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
The Bondi Beach mass shooting on Sunday (Dec 14), which left 15 dead, has become the latest flash point in concerns about artificial intelligence systems and social media as online platforms scale back human fact-checking and content moderation. Among the falsely reported claims was the misidentification of Ahmed al-Ahmed, who is now widely referred to as the Bondi hero. AI chatbot Groq repeatedly misidentified him as another man and wrongly claimed the footage of Ahmed tackling one of the shooters was an old video. One of the perpetrators was also misidentified as a 30-year-old Pakistani man living in Sydney. Dr Belinda Barnet, senior media lecturer at Swinburne University, Hawthorn, tells CNA’s Asia Now that such events make it a “really perfect time” for misinformation to take root.
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