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Different eras come with technological innovations that define each generation, and ours is characterised by access to digital technology. In everyday life, at home, at work and even out in the streets, digital technology is revolutionising how we do things, and above all, how we interact with one another and our environment. Digital culture is increasingly found at the root of social and environmental matters.

Factiverse: reliable AI fact-checking in more than 100 languages

• How can we cope with the increasingly challenging task of checking the accuracy of content in today’s saturated infosphere? Help is at hand from Factiverse, a Norwegian university spinoff that has broken new ground with a patented algorithm to do just that. The start-up’s co-founder Maria Amelie explains how it works.
• The tool aimed at companies, journalists and financial analysts makes use of semantic analysis and search engines to take much of the labour out of verifying factual claims.
• Trained on high-quality data and self-hostable, the Factiverse has been designed to avoid generative bias and ensure high levels of privacy. It also offers an API for trouble-free content management system (CMS) integration.
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