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False Opinions, Deepfakes, frauds... Disinformation Would Cost the World Economy 417 Billion Euros a Year
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A study seeks to quantify for the first time the economic cost of one of the digital scourges of the twenty-first century.
Disinformation today represents "a major economic risk", the authors of the study of the consultancy company Sopra Steria describe.
For a long time seen as a political or media problem, disinformation is now a major economic risk for companies. As social networks and artificial intelligence accelerate the dissemination of misleading information, organizations must manage very concrete financial consequences. Disinformation is now affecting markets, promoting fraud and can directly affect business activity. Disinformation: a huge cost for businesses The phenomenon is now reac…
For a long time, mainly from a political or democratic point of view, misinformation has changed in recent years.
According to a study by Sopra Steria and OpSci, misinformation costs 417 billion dollars a year worldwide, or 15% of French GDP, driven by the industrialization of false opinions. Artificial intelligence plays an important role in amplifying these economic consequences.
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