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U.S. Lawmakers Call for Scrutiny of NewsBreak Over Chinese Origins, AI Tools

Jun 7, 2024, 08:16 PM

Three U.S. lawmakers have called for more scrutiny of NewsBreak, a popular news aggregation app in the United States. This call follows a Reuters report revealing that NewsBreak has Chinese origins and has used artificial intelligence tools to produce erroneous stories. The lawmakers are concerned about the potential implications of these findings on media accuracy and national security.