bogus

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As AI falsehoods explode across social media, often outpacing the capacity of professional fact-checkers, bogus detectors risk adding another layer of deception to an already fractured information ecosystem.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“These defendants allegedly fabricated documents, staged bogus equipment to pass audit inventories, and used a pass-through company to conceal their misconduct and true clientele list,” federal prosecutors said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“We don’t know how many of them are bogus, and how many of them are legitimate, and so it’s hard to understand how big of a problem it is,” Trujillo said.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

The bogus case against her 69-year-old father, Kwok Yin-sang, concerns a life and personal-injury insurance policy he took out decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Sooner or later, somebody was going to realize that my presence here was completely bogus.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman