From a faked moon landing to wild ideas about JFK's assassination, conspiracy theories and believers abound. Conspiracy. Just saying the word in conversation can make people politely edge away ...

AI chatbot DebunkBot has shown impressive results in reducing participants’ belief in conspiracy theories, but the success of ...

Led by their presidential nominee, Republicans have increasingly embraced false tales and groundless claims once relegated to ...

Visceral rhetoric over Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, has underscored just how much the GOP has evolved away from ...

New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation ...

WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump's history of amplifying conspiracy theories is in the spotlight again thanks to dogs, cats and Laura Loomer. Loomer is a far-right media figure whose ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will face off tonight in their first presidential debate. Watch the ABC debate live here and follow for the latest live news updates, ...

Roughly half of Americans subscribe to some sort of conspiracy theory, and their fellow humans haven’t had much success coaxing them out of their rabbit holes. Perhaps they could learn a thing ...

Conspiracy beliefs are common. Saving people from the “conspiratorial rabbit hole” is difficult, but AI might offer ...

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday (Sept. 17) unsealed a criminal indictment of Sean “Diddy” Combs over sweeping allegations of ...

Debating with a sympathetic chatbot may help pluck people who believe in those and other conspiracy theories out of the rabbit hole, researchers report in the Sept. 13 Science. Across multiple ...

The indictment from the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York charges Combs with three counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in ...