Spy Used AI-Generated Face to Connect with Targets, Experts Say
This Katie Jones doesn’t exist. She is part of a vast army of phantom profiles lurking on LinkedIn.
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Did Four AI Robots Kill 29 Scientists in Japan?
The claim came from a UFOlogist -- and, yes, it does sound like something from a movie.
Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?
A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international news story.
Did Facebook Shut Down an AI Experiment Because Chatbots Developed Their Own Language?
Facebook's artificial intelligence scientists were purportedly dismayed when the bots they created began conversing in their own private language.
Are We Living Inside a Computer Simulation?
A philosophical notion called the "simulation hypothesis," said to be growing in popularity in high-tech circles, holds that our reality may just be a sophisticated computer mockup.
Robots with Guns: The Rise of Autonomous Weapons Systems
An August 2017 letter to the U.N. signed by Elon Musk and other tech luminaries called autonomous weaponry a "Pandora's Box." Are killer robots already here?
The Saga of Twitter Bot Tay
A Microsoft experiment with AI to research "conversational understanding" on social media quickly turned into a public relations nightmare.
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Did Republicans Actually Say These Things About Rape?
A list purportedly offers controversial and embarrassing statements about rape made by Republican politicians.
Did Biden Disparage Troops as ‘Stupid Bastards’?
An offhanded remark during a 2016 speech was "made in jest," according to the Biden campaign.
Are These Giant Human Skeleton Photographs Real?
According to the Old Testament, the Nephilim were were the offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" before the Deluge.
Snopes Coverage of the First 2020 U.S. Presidential Debate
Joe Biden and Donald Trump met in Ohio for the first of four debates this election season. Snopes fact-checked it live.
Saving Plastic Bottle Caps for Medical Treatment
Will collecting plastic bottle caps provide chemo treatments to cancer sufferers or prosthetic limbs for wounded soldiers?