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Can AI make you less gullible or is it a conspiracy?

Researchers demonstrate AI chatbot that can dismantle conspiracy theories.

TechRadar · Sep 17, 2024

This AI bot will check for you if Bigfoot is real

Snopes Factbot acts as AI chatbot debunker.

TechRadar · Sep 13, 2024

Trump: Harris uses AI for "fake" crowds

"Everything about Kamala is fake!" Trump writes in a series of rants to Truth Social

Salon · Aug 11, 2024

Ted Cruz duped by fake image of shark on flooded LA highway

Texas senator falls for one of the oldest internet hoaxes after sharing image online that has ‘been circulated several times over’

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2023

Elon Musk breaks silence on Titanic submarine that reportedly used Starlink internet

The sub disappeared on Monday, sparking a search for the vessel before it runs out of oxygen

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Trump adviser's anti-vax dating site

For a fee of $2,500, members of Michael Flynn's "community" can flirt and peruse an anti-vax business directory

Salon · May 27, 2023

Mark Garnier’s ‘laughing’ gaffe: when politics and Twitter don’t mix

A Tory MP claimed that “laughing” was to be banned under new government plans in an embarrassing Twitter gaffe.

The Week · Mar 28, 2023

Best Free Fact-Checking Sites for Students and Teachers

Fact-checking sites for students to research reports, papers, and more

Tech&Learning · Oct 14, 2022

Claims most of Germany's power was recently generated by brown coal don't stack up

A graph purporting to show that Germany was briefly powered by more than two-thirds brown coal has spread widely online. But there's a devil in the detail.

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022

The Babylon Bee: The Absurdity of Reality 'Makes Our Job Very Difficult'

The Christian satire site has met the ire of fact-checkers for pushing back against left-leaning humor.

Reason · Jun 22, 2022