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Be wary of AI medical advice. AI chatbots can misinterpret good research and can be scammed into believing fake studies.

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AI detection tools can help identify fake content, but they’re far from perfect, so we all need to remain appropriately skeptical of splashy images and videos.

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The U.S. primary season is not too early to start fighting misinformation about election fraud.

Julie Hulme considers the implications of the continued popularity of the subject.

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