Misinformation is false or misleading information, whether produced or distributed deliberately or unintentionally. Generative AI made the concern newly urgent when GPT-2 demonstrated unusually coherent, persuasive text that could support malicious campaigns. section 1.2
GPT-2 and plausible falsehoods
GPT-2 generated news-like prose from headlines and produced “Ovid’s Unicorn,” a fictional account complete with a scientist, university affiliation, and journalistic conventions. Its realism intensified debate over whether powerful models should be fully released. section 1.2



