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Written by: Joey Esposito
June 13, 2025
Actor Mark Ruffallo apologized for sharing the fake photo in January 2024.
Written by: Jack Izzo
June 12, 2025
The video contained a watermark linking to an Instagram page that posts AI-generated content.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 11, 2025
The misleading posts included one real photo and two AI-generated images of Pope Leo XIV.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
June 11, 2025
The same images circulated online years earlier with claims they depicted a sunburn competition ...
Written by: Rae Deng
June 9, 2025
Musk rebuked his own AI, Grok, after it claimed the post "likely existed."
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 8, 2025
Users sharing the picture of the purported Soviet vehicle noted similarities to the Cybertruck, ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 8, 2025
A photographer for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured the original, unalte ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 6, 2025
Users shared an image allegedly showing one of U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social posts ...
Written by: Megan Loe
June 4, 2025
There's no record of Trump posting a list of nicknames he "will not tolerate being called" on hi ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 3, 2025
The video, allegedly showing a helicopter pilot observing a river teeming with enormous anaconda ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 3, 2025
Online users noted the alleged vehicle's striking visual similarities to the Tesla Cybertruck.
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 3, 2025
U.S. Magistrate Bruce Reinhart approved the warrant allowing federal agents to search President ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
June 2, 2025
Social media users claimed the video of the murmuration — when starlings gather in the thousands ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
May 31, 2025
Rumors of various structures beneath the lake have percolated since at least 2013, but one in pa ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
May 30, 2025
Investors coined the term "TACO," which stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out."
Written by: Rae Deng
May 29, 2025
Multiple fake images of the Emmy-winning journalist circulated online.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
May 24, 2025
"You've turned religion into a factory for manufacturing votes," Pope Leo XIV allegedly said of ...
Written by: Rae Deng
May 19, 2025
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with U.S. President Donald Trump in May 2025.
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 19, 2025
Videos allegedly showing "AGT" performances by a World War II veteran and a 54-year-old man name ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
May 19, 2025
The purported sign making the rounds on social media was created with a once-popular meme genera ...
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