Elon Musk’s Robot Tricks Were Used on Soviets in the 1950s, Too

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The robot floor cleaner of the future, photographed for the July 21, 1959 issue of Look magazine, which was actually controlled remotely by a man in the next room.

GOP senator falls for sexually explicit Jimmy Carter death hoax

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Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah
Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, fell for a fairly obvious online hoax.

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Hoaxers in Greece are telling tourists to evacuate their holiday rentals or pay a $540 fine amid a housing crisis in Athens

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A view of the Parthenon from apartments in Athens.
A view of the Parthenon from apartments in Athens, 2018.

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I'm a Barbie girl who almost got tricked by a plastic-free hoax

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A fake Greta Thunberg Barbie.
A fake Greta Thunberg Barbie

Barbie Liberation Organization

An Irish newspaper published a hoax article calling false tan 'problematic' generated using ChatGPT by a fake journalist with a profile picture made on DALL-E

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The hand of a robot types on a laptop composed next to four Irish newspapers, including the Irish Times, on a newspaper stand
A robot hand typing on a laptop and newspapers including The Irish Times.

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A TikToker said he won an award for being the first to Google an obscure phrase. The elaborate hoax reached millions and sparked a copycat trend.

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A fake Google award.
A TikToker with over 334,000 followers created a fake Google award.

TikTok: @legbootlegit

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