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deceive

[dih-seev] / dɪˈsiv /


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Now they are able to do more damage using artificial intelligence to simulate fake grassroots opposition to clean air measures, and they are surreptitiously using the identities of real people to deceive regulators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“This echo chamber was used to deceive you.”

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

But when AI slop has been created specifically to deceive, it can anger people.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

People who fabricate research or deceive the public deserve scrutiny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Well, he would have to deceive her in turn: he’d have to make her think he was harmless.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman