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Which of these figures is a trickster who likes to deceive people?

deceive

[dih-seev] / dɪˈsiv /


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Suppose future AI agents learn how to specifically deceive you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Anthropic’s AI agents were involved in a similar rogue incident, setting up fake profiles to deceive humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The healthcare focus includes investigations into marketing for unsafe products and services that deceive consumers, the memo added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Chowdhury's defence barrister told jurors he had not known he was dealing with an escaped prisoner, describing Khalife as a spy who "knows how to deceive".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

But it did not matter, for in her heart, Penelope knew she could not and would not deceive Miss Mortimer.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The team has hypothesized various scenarios where things could spiral out of control, including one where an AI system deceives its creators and then abruptly seizes power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Leighton Clarkson's poor free-kick deceives everyone apart from Stefan Gartenmann.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024

In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

When it comes to John Watson, Holmes’s best friend, amanuensis and sometimes roommate, Holmes criticizes him, deceives him, disappears for years and lets Watson believe him dead.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

I will be the proverbial parent who deceives the child by offering medicine laced with sweet syrup.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Robinson said he understood that many delegates felt "deceived and deeply let down by a life of lies", but he added that the party would "face the past honestly".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The lawsuit alleges the e-commerce giant deceived advertisers by secretly raising the minimum price of placing ads to promote their products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Besides the painful consequences for deceived buyers, code enforcement has the limitation of due process, Bostwick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

If Mollie were to let the authorities know of her connection to Roan, she would have to admit to Ernest that she’d deceived him all these years.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

BAB EL-MANDEB, Yemen — To visit Bab el-Mandeb is to understand that old adage about looks being deceiving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Their worries — AI systems deceiving their creators, bootstrapping their own code, or launching autonomous cyberattacks — show up in scientific literature.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Maybe it’s deceiving the people testing it, maybe it’s refusing to be shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Thank you,” I said as I bent to my breakfast, sad about deceiving him.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk




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