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An aerial view of The Pentagon on May 10, 2023. Images that purported to show smoke rising from the headquarters of the U.S. armed forces appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence tools.

Politics & Government

Fake viral images of an explosion at the Pentagon were probably created by AI

6:19pm May 22, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Authorities quickly confirmed that no explosion had taken place but the faked images spread on Twitter for a short time. The incident briefly sent the stock market lower.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks at the groundbreaking celebration for a new development in the city on April 26, 2022.

Opinion: The city that fell for a hoax

10:35am March 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

The fact it was hoodwinked into sisterhood with a fictional city means that Newark, N.J., is more trusting and innocent than one would think.

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Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016.

National

She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison

1:48pm September 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016, triggering a three-week multi-state search. When she resurfaced, she told authorities an elaborate lie about being abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women.

Facebook Aims To Weed Fakes From Your News Feed

3:50pm February 03, 2015

No, Macauley Culkin didn't die — that was a fake news story you saw on Facebook. This week, Facebook added a feature for reporting hoaxes. NPR's Laura Sydell explains the details to Scott Simon.

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This Is True: Facebook Starts Cracking Down On Hoax News Stories

5:45pm January 21, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Facebook says it won't delete fake stories, but it will start attaching notices to ones that users have flagged as hoaxes. And it will display bogus stories less frequently in users' News Feed.