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Flurry of stars targeted by AI slop on Facebook over the holidays

As people celebrated Christmas in the United States, heartwarming stories spread on Facebook about celebrities from First Lady Melania Trump to pop star Sabrina Carpenter allegedly building a multi-million dollar church as an act of charity for a “struggling” community. But the stories are false, stemming from text generated by artificial intelligence and pushed by pages that use AI images to attract engagement with clickbait.

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AI’s blind spot: tools fail to detect their own fakes

Society, Technology

November 25, 2025 When outraged Filipinos turned to an AI-powered chatbot to verify a viral photograph of a lawmaker embroiled in a corruption scandal, the tool failed to detect it was fabricated — even though it had generated the image itself. Internet users are increasingly turning to chatbots to verify images in real time, but

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‘AI president’: Trump deepfakes glorify himself, trash rivals

Politics, Society, Technology, Uncategorized

November 12, 2025 In a parallel reality, Donald Trump reigns as king, fighter pilot, and Superman, and his political opponents are cast as criminals and laughingstocks — an unprecedented weaponization of AI imagery by a sitting American president. Trump has ramped up his use of artificial intelligence-generated content on his Truth Social channel since starting

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Fact-check Malta: Deepfake scam articles impersonate ministers after Budget Day

Fact Check, Politics, Society, Technology

Scammers use familiar methods but are becoming increasingly sophisticated

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Fact-check Malta: AI-generated videos of unusual incidents on Malta’s streets

Fact Check, Society, Technology

November 4, 2025 A series of AI generated videos posted in recent days showing unusual sightings in Malta’s streets have duped many people into believing they are real. The videos range from plausible events, such as photorealistic depictions of near-traffic accidents, to seemingly implausible, such as the sight of exotic animals freely roaming Malta’s streets.

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YouTube users trip over fake AI tributes to Charlie Kirk

Politics, Society, Technology, Uncategorized

October 21, 2025 “Thank you, Adele, it’s such a beautiful song,” reads a glowing comment beneath an emotional YouTube tribute to slain US activist Charlie Kirk. But the music is AI-generated — and bears little resemblance to the British icon’s voice. Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence tools can now create songs from simple text prompts, mimicking

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Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations

Fact Check, Society, Technology

October 21, 2025 Claim: The family of a tragic car crash are requesting donations through a Facebook page. Verdict: The Facebook page was set up by scammers, hoping to defraud people of their funds. Online scammers are soliciting donations in the name of Sandra and Kevin Bonnici, one of the two couples who died tragically in

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‘Fueling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet

Society, Technology, Uncategorized

September 12, 2025 The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments — but they are entirely fake, generated by AI tools increasingly used to flood social media with sexist content. Such AI slop — mass-produced content created by cheap artificial intelligence tools that turn simple text prompts into

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US anti-disinformation guardrails fall in Trump’s first 100 days

Politics, Society, Technology, Uncategorized

May 5, 2025 From slashed federal funding for disinformation research to the closure of a key agency combating foreign influence operations, the United States has dismantled vital guardrails against falsehoods within President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. The moves could have national security implications, experts warn, granting US adversaries such as Russia and

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Hijacking news: Fake media sites sow Ukraine disinformation

Politics, Technology, Ukraine, Uncategorized

April 23, 2025 A fake news website falsely claimed that Ukraine’s president is paying Western reporters to tarnish US President Donald Trump — part of a series of deceptive reports spread by Russian-linked portals mimicking media outlets. The disinformation tactic, amid heightened international efforts to halt the three-year war with Russia, seeks to undermine both

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Flurry of stars targeted by AI slop on Facebook over the holidays

AI’s blind spot: tools fail to detect their own fakes

‘AI president’: Trump deepfakes glorify himself, trash rivals

Fact-check Malta: Deepfake scam articles impersonate ministers after Budget Day

Fact-check Malta: AI-generated videos of unusual incidents on Malta’s streets

YouTube users trip over fake AI tributes to Charlie Kirk

Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations

‘Fueling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet

US anti-disinformation guardrails fall in Trump’s first 100 days

Hijacking news: Fake media sites sow Ukraine disinformation

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