Can we protect democracy from fake news? | Maxim Nitsche | TEDxBerlin

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Every day, a billion new posts flood our feeds — and hidden among them, the fake news built to plant doubt. Entrepreneur Maxim Nitsche traces a real lie — that the Gates Foundation engineered ticks to stop us eating meat — as it travels from outlet to outlet in a single live visualization. Learn how AI has changed the terms of the fight against disinformation — and why, for once, there's reason for optimism. Maxim Nitsche builds AI to defend democracies against disinformation. He is the co-founder and CEO of deep, a Berlin-based company whose system, deepTrust, detects coordinated manipulation campaigns before they go viral. His path started early. At 15, Maxim co-founded MATH 42 with his brother and his father. The AI tutor helped over 7 million students overcome their fear of math at a fraction of the cost of private tutoring, and was acquired by Chegg in 2017. The lesson stayed with him: AI is a tool for good — if it is applied thoughtfully. Maxim is curious to a fault, which shows up in his lifelong, flailing attempts to get better at chess and tennis, and in a treasure trove of useless facts no one asked for. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx