Misinformation

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Misinformation is an unintentionally false statement, or other unintentionally false information.

Among other causes, misinformation can result from repeating rumours or other information without checking them adequately.

Explosion in falsified information and synthetic content

"Misinformation and disinformation is a new leader of the top 10 [global risk] rankings this year.

No longer requiring a niche skill set, easy-to-use interfaces to large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) models have already enabled an explosion in falsified information and so-called ‘synthetic’ content, from sophisticated voice cloning to counterfeit websites."

Global Risks Report 2024, Page 18, January 2024, World Economic Forum.

See also

• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Business risk
• Climate risk
• Commercial risk
• Country risk
• Disinformation
• Environmental risk
• Event risk
• Financial risk
• Fraud
• Geopolitical risk
• Global risk
• Global Risks Report
• Misinformation and disinformation
• Misrepresentation
• Operational risk
• Political risk
• Risk
• Risk identification
• Risk management
• Transition risk
• World Economic Forum (WEF)

Other resource

• Global Risks Report 2024 - World Economic Forum (WEF)