hoax
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Further sowing online confusion were claims that the entire Artemis II mission was a hoax powered by artificial intelligence tools.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
"He had been given many opportunities to say something supportive of the survivors in terms of getting accountability for them and he has continually said the files are nothing but a hoax."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
You can watch the show as straight narrative, forgetting the hoax and regarding Anthony, who is as much a spectator as a participant, as just another character.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
“These were not hoax devices nor smokebombs,” New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
People began to assume it was all just an outlandish hoax perpetrated by a rich nut job.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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