Polymarket paid dozens of social media users to film themselves making fake bets for a promotion that aimed to convince ...

The online retail landscape is plagued by "ghost stores," fake e-commerce sites posing as local boutiques, often using AI and ...

The Justice Department shuts down CFake.com and a related domain using the Take It Down Act, an anti-revenge porn law that also applies to computer-generated images.

A single fake web page might be enough to make an AI system recommend a product that does not exist. AI recommender systems are becoming an increasingly important part of how we shop. About 2% of all ...

The 2026 World Cup has officially kicked off, which means scammers are out in force. Fake tickets, fake streaming sites, ...

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Taylor Swift didn’t endorse former President Donald Trump last weekend. Ryan Reynolds wasn’t photographed wearing a pro-Kamala Harris shirt. And the Communist Party USA never backed President Joe ...

In a world where misinformation spreads faster than fact, a new study is offering insight into why so many people fall for fake news, even when they suspect it's false. Researchers from Georgia ...

It’s a plausible scenario this time of year. You’re browsing the internet and trying to find the best deal for that expensive item on a loved one’s holiday wish ...

A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation. Study participants assessed news headlines and tried to judge whether they ...

As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority ...