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    China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms

    China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016...

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    From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing Liars to Pay or Apologize

    Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest...

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    How A.I. chatbots become political

    We increasingly rely on artificial intelligence chatbots as tools to understand the world. Some are already...

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    How A.I. Chatbots Become Political

    We increasingly rely on artificial intelligence chatbots as tools to understand the world. Some are already...

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    How Ronna McDaniel Backed Trump’s Early Bid to Hold Power

    During a very brief tenure at NBC News, the former Republican Party leader downplayed her role...

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    Russia Amps Up Online Campaign Against Ukraine Before U.S. Elections

    Moscow has found better ways to conceal influence operations that spread arguments for isolationism, officials and...

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    Britt Tells Misleading Border Story in State of the Union Response

    The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies....

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    Ex-Informant Accused of Lying About Bidens Said He Had Russian Contacts

    Federal prosecutors portrayed the former informant, Alexander Smirnov, 43, as a serial liar incapable of telling...

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    OpenAI Unveils A.I. That Instantly Generates Eye-Popping Videos

    The start-up is sharing the new technology, called Sora, with a small group of early testers...

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    Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theory Is Embraced by Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, Poll Finds

    Eighteen percent believe there is “a covert government effort” for the pop icon to help President...

  • Ronna McDaniel, R.N.C. Chairwoman, Plans to Step Down

    Donald Trump is likely to back a supporter of his false claims of election fraud, Michael...

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    He Died in a Tragic Accident. Why Did the Internet Say He Was Murdered?

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    Elon Musk Spreads Election Misinformation on X Without Fact Checkers

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  • Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak

    When vaccinations begin to lag, as they did during the pandemic, measles is often the first...

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    Test Yourself: Which Faces Were Made by A.I.?

    Tools powered by artificial intelligence can create lifelike images of people who do not exist.See if...

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    America Stares Down a Trump-Biden Repeat in Disbelief and Denial

    Unable to fathom a 2020 rematch, many Americans are clinging to forlorn hopes and floating wild...