31-08-2017 11:39 via theverge.com

AI trained on Yelp data writes fake restaurant reviews ‘indistinguishable’ from real thing

How much do you trust reviews you read online? Probably not a lot, right? You’ll know, like most people, that glowing write-ups and five-star ratings can be easily bought. And you might even think you’re pretty good at spotting the difference between fake reviews and real ones. But how well would you fare against reviews written by AI?
As first reported by Business Insider, researchers from the University of Chicago have trained a neural network that can churn out convincing fake rev
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