In-person attacks on religious institutions in recent months have underscored the need to reflect on the role of artificial intelligence in both spreading and counteracting hate speech online. On the one hand, algorithms can amplify the spread of extreme social-media posts to increase engagement, and large language models sometimes produce biased outputs, reflecting prejudices in their training data. On the other hand, AI can detect online hate speech quickly and on a large scale.
Nature 647, 40 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03614-3
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