Jigsaw Launches New Publication and Platform to Combat Disinformation

The potential for disinformation to impact everything from commerce to war has only grown as developments in AI have enabled increasingly sophisticated disinformation tools. To combat the threat, and to better arm fact-checkers and journalists with a seamless process for detecting disinformation, Jigsaw recently announced Assembler – a platform that’s been in development since 2016 with support from Google Research – and The Current, a new research publication.

Jigsaw’s team – comprised of researchers, engineers, designers, policy experts, and creative thinkers – has been working on Assembler, an experimental platform to test how technology can help fact-checkers and journalists to detect and analyze manipulated media.

The tool is currently being tested at Agence France-Presse, Animal Politico, Code for Africa, Les Décodeurs du Monde, and Rappler, wto determine how well it works in real newsrooms.

Jigsaw also recently announced the launch of The Current, a new research publication that examines “complex problems through an interdisciplinary approach — like our team.”