A leading expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has called for greater oversight of social media companies in order to tackle the spread of disinformation.

Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control, was addressing a conference on AI in Dublin.

The conference, AI and Society, was held in partnership with the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, UCD Discovery and UCD Digital Policy Centre.

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Pictured: Prof Barry O’Sullivan (Insight UCC), Prof Stuart Russell (Berkeley University), Prof Susan Leavy (Insight UCD)