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On June 13, she was charged with four counts of making a false report of a felony; six counts of using a computer to commit a crime; four counts of lying to a peace officer; and two counts of stalking.
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Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
In 2021, Smollett was then convicted on five charges of lying to the police and sentenced to 150 days in prison the following March.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
But if your structure isn’t designed, your tax return is lying to you.
—Terry Lamb, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
In 2021, Smollett was then convicted on five charges of lying to the police and sentenced to 150 days in prison the following March.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
But if your structure isn’t designed, your tax return is lying to you.
—Terry Lamb, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Lie to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20to. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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