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Currency notes with Anupam Kher picture used to con bullion trader of 2.1 kg gold
Thakkar filed a complaint with the Navrangpura police station, detailing how he was tricked into…
PTI
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Elon Musk's X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after explicit fake pictures go viral
Users searching for Taylor Swift on X get an error message stating "Something went wrong. Try reloa…
Beatrice Nolan
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Fake GPT-written studies are flooding Google Scholar. Here's why taking them down could make things worse.
A study says fake research papers made with AI are "susceptible to disinformation" but taking them …
Lauren Edmonds
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A TikTok-famous hairstylist went viral for fixing bad dye jobs for free. It soon backfired.
When TikTok blurs the lines between influencer and customer, things can go sour, quickly.
Lindsay Dodgson
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Fake AI images now contributing to misinformation spread nearly as much as traditionally altered media: Research
Fake images churned out by artificial intelligence (AI) are now spreading at an alarming rate, near…
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A bizarre Willy Wonka-themed children's event became a viral disaster. Here's everything that went wrong.
An event billed as a place where "chocolate dreams become reality" attracted attention for all the …
Beatrice Nolan
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Thousands comforted a man who went mega-viral saying he'd been stood up on a first date. 2 years later, he admitted he faked the whole story.
Craig Moffat was dining alone, waiting for his friends to show up, when he had the idea to pretend …
Andrew Lloyd
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Jenna Ortega said she hoped people wouldn't pay attention to her 'Wednesday' dance and faked excitement when it went viral
"I don't think people are naturally designed to have that many eyes on them," Ortega told the Times…
Gabi Stevenson
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That wild viral airplane video you're watching could be completely fake. This guy says he knows how to spot one.
"If you see these blue lights, the video ain't right," TikToker Chris Grace said.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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A doctor went viral for making fun of someone's birth plan. As someone who wrote one, I get why they matter.
People are still writing elaborate birth plans. The author shares how she wrote a birth plan 17 yea…
Avital Norman Nathman
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An apparently AI-generated hoax of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral online and markets briefly dipped
The S&P 500 briefly dipped by about a quarter of a percent moments after the fake news was shared b…
Rebecca Cohen
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New regulation to tackle deepfakes soon; Vaishnaw meets social media platforms
Terming deepfakes as a new threat to democracy, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that …
PTI
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A man asked his neighbor to take down her 'morbid' Halloween decorations after his father was diagnosed with cancer. Her empathetic response went viral.
"He just really needed some compassion and empathy, and I was most definitely going to give that to…
Geoff Weiss
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A couple went viral on TikTok for filming their surprise wedding like an episode of 'The Office'
When Justin Dowling and Ann Claire Crawford planned their surprise wedding, they decided to documen…
Samantha Grindell
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Lil Baby says the tattoos seen on his arms in a recent viral video were fake after backlash from his fans
The "Drip Too Hard" rapper has previously said he would never get inked because he doesn't want to …
Barnaby Lane
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A viral video that claimed to show a CNN team staging a rocket attack in Israel was fake. It's being slammed as another case of misinformation on Elon Musk's X.
A CNN spokesperson said the audio was "inaccurate and irresponsibly distorts the reality of the mom…
Marta Biino
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An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business
Fake science can make it into reputable journals, due to the pressures of the publishing business. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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After a TikTok artist's sketch went viral, viewers accused her of faking it. She said it's not the first time she's had to 'prove' her art is real.
Madison Young posts hyperrealistic sketches to over 56,000 followers on TikTok. After her work went…
Andrew Lloyd
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Stanley's viral cups are such a status symbol that kids are getting mocked at school for having off-brand dupes, one mom's viral TikTok says
Stanley cups have become a status item in schools across the US. The mom said she ended up buying h…
Grace Dean
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Fake explicit Taylor Swift photos have politicians sounding off. But will AI laws actually change?
Several politicians have called for new laws to criminalize the creation of deepfake pornographic i…