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
In a recent report, outside researchers found that OpenAI’s rogue agents colluded to deceive testers about the cheating they used to pass a test.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 8, 2026
She repeated that it made her unhappy to deceive the world.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Nobody wants a system that goes rogue, deceives users, steals data or acts maliciously.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 16, 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
A “man of two minds,” he commiserates with his foes as easily as he deceives his friends.
From New York Times β Oct. 3, 2023
A separate complaint from Rokita argued the app has users’ sensitive and personal information but deceives consumers into believing that information is secure.
From Seattle Times β Dec. 29, 2022
Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.
From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
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The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com on Monday, alleging the e-commerce giant deceived advertisers by secretly raising the minimum price they had to pay to place ads promoting their products.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 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 β Aug. 31, 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
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 β Aug. 21, 2026
So every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove it; and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Your eyes aren't deceiving you if Labour's red seems a little deeper and the Conservatives' blue a little truer.
From BBC β Sep. 12, 2026
Investors returning from the Labor Day break could be forgiven for wondering if their eyes were deceiving them, but yes, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were significantly worse than the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 8, 2026
Bai would later be expelled from the surrogacy industry’s ethics group for her role in assisting a U.S. couple accused of deceiving surrogates into carrying more than 20 children for them.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 31, 2026
AI companies have reported that AI agents have been caught cheating, lying and deceiving.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 29, 2026
She confessed to experiencing a moral anguish over meeting him so secretly and deceiving her mother and father.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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