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How you can stop Google AI from accessing your Gmail, chat information

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 23, 2026

Google AI can access emails and chats if users allow it to. There is a way to opt out.

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Attendees wearing t-shirt's reading "Honor the deed. Build the park" bow their heads in prayer during the invocation of the Taylor City Council Meeting, July 9, 2026.

Texas city planned to build data center. Then residents sued

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Aug. 8, 2026

Appeals courts will decide whether the city of Taylor must honor a clause in a 1999 deed to buil ...

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The image shows a phone with the logo of Anthropic on an orange background. Behind the phone are shelves loaded with books.

Are AI companies scanning and destroying millions of books, including rare titles?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Aug. 3, 2026

Snopes reviewed internal documents from Anthropic that show they have bought millions of books t ...

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Attendees wearing shirts that read, "Honor the deed. Build the park," bow their heads in prayer during the invocation of the Taylor City Council Meeting, July 9, 2026.

Texas city sold land to data center developer. Residents say it was supposed to be a park

Written by: Laerke Christensen

July 26, 2026

Residents in Taylor, Texas, say the city should honor a clause from a 1999 deed.

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A white sign on the back of a silver fan that reads in black, "LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION." There a robot-like face icon to the left of the words on the sign.

Did Tennessee woman spend 6 months in jail after AI tool misidentified her?

Written by: Emery Winter

July 19, 2026

The tool falsely identified the woman, Angela Lipps, as a suspect in a North Dakota bank fraud i ...

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A collage of AI-generated images, including an injured dog, shoppers at a Costco wearing traditional Muslim clothing, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell in a hospital bed, U.S. President Donald Trump talking to red-robed aliens, a sign at a McDonalds drive-thru, a cat sitting on a ferry and the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

How to spot AI images: A fact-checker's guide

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 18, 2026

Though artificial intelligence tools have improved, our team has developed more skills for detec ...

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Meta logo against a backdrop of images showing the Rio Grande.

Meta's New Mexico data center uses millions of gallons of water. Did it 'drain' the Rio Grande?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

July 18, 2026

Meta's Los Lunas facility receives municipal water supplied by groundwater wells rather than dra ...

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The view of the Colorado House chamber from the gallery up above, showing rows of desks with legislators sitting in chairs.

Claim 17 Colorado Republicans voted against banning sexually explicit AI content of kids distorts truth

Written by: Rae Deng

July 15, 2026

Posts spreading the claim may have confused multiple different bills.

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Jeff Bezos, a bald white man, holds his right index finger up in the air as he speaks. The background is bright red.

Did Jeff Bezos say human water consumption is limiting AI's potential?

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

June 22, 2026

The Amazon founder supposedly made the comment during a panel interview at VivaTech, a tech conf ...

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This image shows a data center in California.

7 claims about AI data centers, investigated

Written by: Taija PerryCook

June 11, 2026

Data centers across the U.S. have emerged to meet the AI surge. We keep up with the facts.

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A social media post that says, "The biggest data center in history was just approved in Utah...It's 2.7x bigger than Manhattan and it will use 16 BILLION gallons of water every year, which is more water than the entire state uses per year"

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

Written by: Rae Deng

June 6, 2026

The center, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O'Leary, has faced relentless pushback from com ...

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Did Mark Zuckerberg's data center 'dry up' Rio Grande? Here's what records show

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

June 4, 2026

The rumor touched on concerns about tech companies' environmental impact.

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A photo shows Pope Leo XIV wearing a white and gold outfit, glasses and a zucchetto, including while speaking into a microphone and holding paper in his left hand.

Investigating claim Pope Leo XIV used AI to write encyclical about dangers of AI

Written by: Jordan Liles

June 3, 2026

Some evidence allegedly shows Vatican officials — not necessarily the pope — possibly used AI to ...

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An older white man — Larry Fink — wearing a suit, sitting in a chair and gesturing with his hands while talking.

BlackRock CEO said Americans' savings and investments will fund data centers, new power infrastructure

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 28, 2026

At a news conference with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Larry Fink said he thinks the U.S. needs to bu ...

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A white woman is shown speaking into a megaphone.

Did Erin Brockovich launch AI data center tracking project?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

May 27, 2026

The environmental activist is known for a successful 1990s lawsuit against PG&E for groundwater ...

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The Google Chrome logo, a multicolored ball, next to a phone displaying the Google Gemini logo.

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Written by: Jack Izzo

May 8, 2026

We tested our own computers to see if the model was present.

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Google AI can access some content from Gmail and chats. Here's how to opt out

Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz

Nov. 21, 2025

Google's AI can use emails and chats at different levels if users let it. But it's easy to opt out.

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Trump's Truth Social AI chatbot disputes his false claims

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 13, 2025

The chatbot, powered by the Perplexity AI engine, provides factual answers about rising U.S. gro ...

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Video shows AI robot manipulating and 'kidnapping' 12 other robots?

Written by: William Kramer

Nov. 5, 2025

Surveillance footage appeared to show the bot, reportedly named Erbai, telling its companions to ...

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Inspecting claim Trump used AI to test loyalty of generals

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Oct. 7, 2025

The rumor spread after Trump met with top U.S. military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, in late S ...

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