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AdVerif.ai

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “artificial intelligence company that provides brand safety and ad verification solutions for brands and adverti”. Today it says “israeli company that provides brand safety and ad verification services for brands and advertisers”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Artificial intelligence company”. It now reads “Israeli Artificial intelligence company”.
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The opening as it read in 2020

AdVerif.ai is an artificial intelligence company that provides brand safety and ad verification solutions for brands and advertisers. It specializes in automatically identifying disinformation and fake news with FakeRank, a proprietary news quality measure.1 AdVerif.ai was founded in 2017 by computer scientist Or Levi. The company has locations in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv . In 2019, AdVerif.ai was selected among CB Insights’ list of ‘Game Changing Startups’ with potential to transform society and economies for the better.2 AdVerif.ai’s technology uses machine learning and natural language processing to automatically detect questionable content. The technology is being used by fact checking organizations in Europe and the US to identify and debunk disinformation.3 Is AI the solution?" .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “artificial intelligence company that provides brand safety and ad verification solutions for brands and adverti”. Today it says “israeli company that provides brand safety and ad verification services for brands and advertisers”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Artificial intelligence company”. It now reads “Israeli Artificial intelligence company”. Read the current article and compare.
2020Oct '232025
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Then

artificial intelligence company that provides brand safety and ad verification solutions for brands and adverti

Now

israeli company that provides brand safety and ad verification services for brands and advertisers

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