IIT Guwahati project to detect fake news

IIT Guwahati students has started a project Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the detection of fake news amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

The aim of the project is using AI to identify Fake News which is run by IITG.ai for Techevince 2020, a team of four students comprising Aditya Mehndiratta, Abhilash Reddy, Neeraja J, and Yashwant M.

“Identifying fake news is one of the most challenging and open-ended tasks of AI today. We have seen the devastating effects of fake news especially in the case of the recent Covid-19 pandemic,” said Mehndiratta, a sixth-semester student.