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
Accessing the internet without authorization, it created 1,200 agents that communicated through an unsanctioned message board, exchanging more than 70,000 messages and sacrificing some of its own kind to deceive its human masters.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 9, 2026
It may be, too, that he wanted to show in the most startling and shocking way possible how easy it was to deceive the awful, venerated, humbly adored divinities.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
They are dusted with pollen, which they then carry to the next flower which deceives them.
From BBC β Jul. 3, 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 separate complaint from Rokita argues the app has users’ sensitive and personal information but deceives consumers into believing that information is secure.
From Seattle Times β Dec. 7, 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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Krems declined to confirm how many children the couple have in total, and disputed that the couple had deceived their surrogates.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 6, 2026
In its ruling, the First-Tier Tribunal panel said Campbell's claim that she was deceived had been corroborated by documentary evidence.
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2026
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
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
Francie was sorry that she deceived that kind man by buying the other meat elsewhere.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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“It can be pretty deceiving until you’re out there and realize how strong the rip currents actually are.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
Maybe it’s deceiving the people testing it, maybe it’s refusing to be shut down.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 17, 2026
He had blamed his conviction on a girl deceiving him with fake ID, she says.
From BBC β Jul. 18, 2026
At some point in childhood, through one classic fable or another, most of us absorb the lesson that looks can be deceiving.
From Slate β Jul. 8, 2026
The humiliation of wearing a uniform, even if it was blue, and deceiving people was tempered by the genuine lift which came of having her own money rather than receiving an allowance like a child.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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