Melissa Fleming and Jeremy Hymans say AI chatbots could reshape the battle over misinformation
Apr 5, 2026
In the SDG Media Zone, Melissa Fleming and Jeremy Hymans warned that large language models (LLMs) and AI chatbots are shifting how people form beliefs — from social media feeds to one-on-one AI 'digital significant others' — and urged shaping AI training and policy to ground outputs in reliable sources.
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At the SDG Media Zone hosted at the United Nations, Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, and Jeremy Hymans, founder of Purpose, discussed risks and opportunities posed by large language models (LLMs) and conversational AI for the information ecosystem.
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