Explainability in NLP model: Detection of Covid-19 Twitter Fake News

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Fake news has found fertile ground on social media. A global health crisis such as COVID-19 further helps propagate fake news on social media. Much research has been done to develop AI systems that classify news as real or fake. However, there is a growing concern about trust in these AI systems. To this end, we attempt to improve the trustworthiness of AI text classification systems. We use tools to explore data, explain feature extraction techniques, interpret the ML models implemented, and explain the decision-making progress of AI systems. In this study, we compared five ML classifiers for our experiments: Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machines (SVMs), Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, and Random Forest. The models were trained on 10700 tweets containing 5,600 real and 5,100 fake tweets related to COVID-19. In comparison, the SVMs model performance was the best, with a detection accuracy of 0.93 and F1 scores of 0.94 and 0.93 for real and fake news, respectively. Global and local explanations are included to understand the overall model behavior, ensuring transparency and fostering confidence in AI users. We have chosen the SVMs model for the explanation section as it was the best model in this study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHCAIep 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Centered Artificial Intelligence - Education and Practice
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages29-35
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798400716461
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Dec 2023
Event2023 Conference on Human Centered Artificial Intelligence - Education and Practice, HCAIep 2023 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 15 Dec 2023 → …

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2023 Conference on Human Centered Artificial Intelligence - Education and Practice, HCAIep 2023
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period15/12/23 → …

Keywords

  • Covid-19 News
  • Explainable AI(XAI)
  • Fake News Detection
  • Machine Learning Classifier
  • Natural Language Processing(NLP)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Explainability in NLP model: Detection of Covid-19 Twitter Fake News'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this