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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

It’s essentially three things: deceive, disrupt, and deny.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

It is worse than hypocrisy, because they seek to deceive not only others but themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

And I was with child, if Mechtild’s eyes did not deceive her.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein