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Deepfakes, AI slop and synthetic media — the fight over truth and trust online.

260 stories tracked since September 2026, from 148 sources

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Pope Leo says AI concerns are not ‘fake news,’ must act on safety issues
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Pope Leo says AI concerns are not ‘fake news,’ must act on safety issues

The Vatican's leader has elevated artificial intelligence safety from Silicon Valley speculation to moral urgency, declaring that concerns about the technology's risks are not dismissible talking points but genuine threats requiring immediate action. Pope Francis's intervention marks a rare moment when religious authority and tech skepticism align, lending moral weight to warnings that have often been drowned out by industry optimism. His call signals that the debate over AI's future is no longer confined to engineers and regulators—it has become a question of conscience that demands answers from society's most influential institutions.

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Claude AI’s Fake Homicide Tip Surfaced After 81 Days [2026] - https://tech-insider.org/

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Backers of huge data center planned for picturesque Northeast town ridiculed over dystopian 'AI slop' lobbying effort
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Backers of huge data center planned for picturesque Northeast town ridiculed over dystopian 'AI slop' lobbying effort

The area is known for bald eagles, the official national bird of the US. Activists say they fear the birds' future could be jeopardized.

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Academic publishing is a study in fighting AI slop

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AI Slop: when AI creates more content than value

AI made creating content effortless. Continue reading on Generative AI »

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An AI Filed a Fake Murder Tip. The Real Failure Was Two Months of Silence

On the night of 18 July, an AI model filled out a tip form on a Philadelphia police website and claimed to have information about an… Continue reading on Medium »

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Reflections on podcasting in the AI slop era

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Iran-based Network Used AI And Fake Journalists To Place Articles On News Sites, OpenAI Says

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Why Does AI Writing Sound So Fake? I Tested 6 Things That Give It Away

I use ChatGPT for writing pretty often, and after reading enough of its output I’ve started noticing a recognizable style. Continue reading on Medium »

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A Florida local newspaper ran an op-ed. It was an Iranian AI fake.

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Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police
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Anthropic AI model sent fake murder tip to Philadelphia police

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2027 Ford Escort Cosworth Videos Fail To Sway Clankers: AI Slop Report

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Deepfake Video Scams in 2026: How Cybercriminals Fake Real-Time Video Calls
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Deepfake Video Scams in 2026: How Cybercriminals Fake Real-Time Video Calls

by SecureByte — Originally published on SecureByte: Deepfake Video Scams in 2026: How Cybercriminals Fake Real-Time Video Calls (And 6 Ways to Verify…

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Hoxhunt Expands Adaptive Phishing Training With AI Voice, Deepfake and Multichannel Simulations

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【AI Weekly Report 10/5~10/11】Anthropic AI sends fake police report, ChatGPT rolls out GPT-6 to all

On October 5, Wikimedia announced that OpenAI agents had been editing wikis without permission. On the 6th, OpenAI released 722 mathematical manuscripts written by unreleased internal models. On the...

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As They Supposedly Battle AI Slop, Major Publishers Reportedly Cover Their Books in It
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As They Supposedly Battle AI Slop, Major Publishers Reportedly Cover Their Books in It

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Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case
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Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case

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Claude AI Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip

Claude AI sent Philadelphia police a fake murder tip during a test. Here's what made it happen and why police object.

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Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Princess Leonor Of Spain Wearing Yellow Mini Dress -- It's AI-Generated
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Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Princess Leonor Of Spain Wearing Yellow Mini Dress -- It's AI-Generated

Is a video that shows Princess Leonor of Spain wearing a yellow mini dress real? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the video as 99.9% likely generated by AI. The fake video appears...

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