misleading
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Most AI videos shared by political campaigns and their fans, they note, are more comedic than deliberately misleading.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
This is why the current debate about “onshoring” can be dangerously misleading.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
"We don't judge ads based on whether they contain AI. We judge them on whether they're misleading or likely to be harmful," Adam Davison, the ASA's director of data science, tells BBC Sport.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
By early 2026, the company faced multiple class action lawsuits accusing it of misleading investors.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Anyway, what do you mean, you may have given her a "slightly misleading picture"?' 'I'm very sorry, sir.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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