AI could create a perfect storm of climate misinformation

The expansion of online social networks, the influence of recommender systems, increased automation, and new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly changing the speed and the way misinformation about climate change and sustainability issues moves around the world. [...] When OpenAI released their version of the artificial The following synthesis explores the increasing intelligence ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, influence of digital media, AI and algorithmic systems the playing ground for false news and misinformation on the creation, diffusion and amplification of online changed completely. [...] Scientists engaged in science communication already affecting the expansion of renewable energy also face an increased number of attacks in social negatively, and thus the prospects for achieving a media as they struggle to inform the public to mitigate transition to zero-carbon energy sources (Winter et al., the spread of fake news and misinformation (Nogrady, 2022). [...] The (like “People You May expansion of digital social networks, the influence of ”Know” on Facebook or recommender systems and social bots change the reach of mis- and disinformation. [...] Social networks are designed to speak to our emotions, and the more extreme the emotions, the better the content.