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  • Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos -- AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames

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    Have you seen the viral videos showing mass protests in the streets of British cities? Lead Stories has spotted several such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real people or situations. Instead, they seek to exploit feelings of sympathy and patriotism by triggering emotions such as indignation and anger among…

    • Jul 8, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Prebunk: London Calling To Stop Falling For Fake UK Protest Videos -- AI Is Leading You Down The River Thames Prebunk
  • Prebunk: Fake Digital Natives Used To Sell Indigenous Jackets -- 'Artificial Indians' Bank On Sympathy For Real Native Americans

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    Have you come across viral videos showing people who appear to mock Native Americans selling Indigenous-style jackets? Lead Stories has identified several of these clips in recent weeks and determined that many were showing "Artificial Indians" (also known as "AI"). The people are not real Native Americans and the scenarios depicted in the videos were not real -- social media…

    • Jul 7, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Prebunk: Fake Digital Natives Used To Sell Indigenous Jackets -- 'Artificial Indians' Bank On Sympathy For Real Native Americans Prebunk
  • Prebunk: Believing Fake Promo Videos For Christian Clothing Brand Requires Leap Of Faith -- AI Breaks Commandment Against Lying

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    Have you come across viral videos showing how people mock influencers for wearing Christian-themed clothing? Lead Stories has identified several of these clips in recent weeks and determined that many were AI-generated. The people and scenarios depicted there were not real -- social media accounts posted this kind of content to play on religious sentiment, driving likes and shares as…

    • Jul 6, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Prebunk: Believing Fake Promo Videos For Christian Clothing Brand Requires Leap Of Faith -- AI Breaks Commandment Against Lying Prebunk
  • Prebunk: AI Cruise Ship Disaster Videos Show A Leaky Version Of The Truth -- Course Correction To Reality Needed

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    Have you seen viral videos showing large cruise ship disasters with the boats sinking dramatically into the water? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. The videos have similar looking cruise ships sinking with various crowds watching as the ships go down. Some of these accounts…

    • Jul 3, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Prebunk: AI Cruise Ship Disaster Videos Show A Leaky Version Of The Truth -- Course Correction To Reality Needed Prebunk
  • Fact Check: Gizmodo Did NOT Publish Article About $4 Billion Firebird Datacenter In Armenia Being At Risk

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    Did an article about the $4 billion Firebird datacenter in Armenia being at risk because of unreliable power supply actually appear on Gizmodo? No, that's not true: The newsroom predominantly covering tech did not publish that story. The article in question appeared on a fake website that was only registerd days ago and which linked to the real Gizmodo website…

    • Jul 3, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Gizmodo Did NOT Publish Article About $4 Billion Firebird Datacenter In Armenia Being At Risk Not Real Site
  • Prebunk: Fake U.K. Veterans Fighting For Your Attention -- Information Warfare With Virtual AI Soldiers

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    Have you seen viral videos showing people, mostly veterans in military fatigues with the U.K.'s flag, invoking patriotism to make social media users follow a specific account? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. Some of these accounts post videos of different-looking men saying the exact…

    • Jul 2, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Prebunk: Fake U.K. Veterans Fighting For Your Attention -- Information Warfare With Virtual AI Soldiers Prebunk
  • Prebunk: AI Videos Of Disrespected Old Veterans Disrespect Reality -- Don't Let Patriotic Ragebait Bully You Into Sharing

    Fact Check

    Have you seen viral videos showing older veterans being disrespected or bullied by authority figures? Lead Stories has spotted several such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real people or situations. Instead they seek to exploit feelings of sympathy and patriotism by triggering emotions such as indignation and anger among…

    • Jul 1, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Prebunk: AI Videos Of Disrespected Old Veterans Disrespect Reality -- Don't Let Patriotic Ragebait Bully You Into Sharing Prebunk
  • Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy

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    Have you seen viral videos showing timelapse construction of secret bunkers, underground rooms or hidden lairs out of wild materials and objects that would give the builders a safe place to hide to survive a catastrophic event? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. They…

    • Jun 30, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy Prebunk
  • Prebunk: AI Videos Of Rooftop Infinity Pools Collapsing Are Splashy Engagement Bait -- Just AI Wasting Water

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    Have you seen viral clips showing people dying from "overfloating" the edge of infinity pools or from falling down from the top of the building after a collapse of the pool's transparent walls? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. An expert specializing in swimming…

    • Jun 29, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Prebunk: AI Videos Of Rooftop Infinity Pools Collapsing Are Splashy Engagement Bait -- Just AI Wasting Water Prebunk
  • Fact Check: Posts Claiming Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Or Other Celebs Wore 'Probably The Smallest Bikini In The World' Are NOT Real -- AI Slop From Macedonia

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    Are social media posts claiming that Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, or other celebrity women wore "probably the smallest bikini In the world" real? No, that's not true: The images used in the posts were created with artificial intelligence tools and distributed on a network of fake Facebook fan pages managed from North Macedonia. These clickbait posts link to blogs filled…

    • Jun 28, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Posts Claiming Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Or Other Celebs Wore 'Probably The Smallest Bikini In The World' Are NOT Real -- AI Slop From Macedonia AI Slop
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