deceive
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An assortment of politicians and watchdog groups have expressed concern about campaigns using generative AI to produce deepfakes – synthetic videos showing people doing things they did not do – that might deceive voters.
From Salon β Oct. 6, 2026
Your eyes don’t deceive you, he appears measurably improved.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
Suppose future AI agents learn how to specifically deceive you.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 22, 2026
The healthcare focus includes investigations into marketing for unsafe products and services that deceive consumers, the memo added.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 14, 2026
“I must not deceive myself; it was no dream, but all a grim reality.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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 β Sep. 27, 2026
They are dusted with pollen, which they then carry to the next flower which deceives them.
From BBC β Jul. 3, 2026
In the second complaint, the state argued that the app deceives consumers into believing their sensitive and personal information is secure.
From Washington Times β 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 β Jul. 6, 2022
Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.
From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
Krems declined to confirm how many children the couple have in total, and disputed that the couple had deceived their surrogates.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 6, 2026
But he said he now wanted his money back because he felt "deceived and let down".
From BBC β Sep. 19, 2026
The lawsuit, joined by a bipartisan group of more than 20 state attorneys general, alleged that Amazon deceived advertisers by secretly raising the minimum price advertisers had to pay to place ads promoting their products.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
Besides the painful consequences for deceived buyers, code enforcement has the limitation of due process, Bostwick said.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
"I thought he was deceived," Dr. Williams writes in his notes.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
BAB EL-MANDEB, Yemen — To visit Bab el-Mandeb is to understand that old adage about looks being deceiving.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 27, 2026
A report from the UK's Centre for Long Term Resilience, external, published last week, identified hundreds of incidents of AI tools ignoring instructions, evading safeguards and deceiving humans, including AI agents deleting files without consent.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
The headline number is probably going to be deceiving, however.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 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 β Jul. 8, 2026
I felt so guilty for deceiving him that I almost took Edward’s advice and told him where I would be.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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