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What we know</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Posts online suggested Pope Leo XIV may have used AI technology to help him write his first encyclical<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span>about the dangers of AI. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The rumor originated from an AI researcher's Substack post that The Verge, a tech news publication, amplified. 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Here's what records show</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The rumor touched on concerns about tech companies' environmental impact. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/ls/click?upn=u001.qynS8GY0ZxGWz34zdrv7Uw0KRnMsWq6oxXcQQxq7mSwdygFyVhJvwQBWHZflrOeqwYZYwFkL5Xuo5k4pjAPOg4AZ9lXe5-2F7oDUyt6FbDjvDLCqewg1tBbNDpaQHXZSyjIiv-2BqkPGvd9r0Fome-2BKTSIUzuhb5Y-2FrJwr89vyXOxYAVVRdQpPLgnC0s0B2SXxjZiJsABQiE-2FNSHNqkRWf9guxgnaYCgBShDxWx91kl6FguncpBU-2FGakxMeGWIA-2FDUlIScsalneAOYZ3SBRoP53VYZCZXkiWwQC6I-2Bk5U-2Bhe2FXzEbucNArjbIDpF56cUTHvRZKSyFcRCReLgR3fAcq3g7VHY8RY8T2vTdzIIC5BvIAhDyBIxaUnzJXdSo-2BOerITPgyEzmkcRnDJEc-2BtRg8XVg-3D-3DULVW_fvha5zL32SB-2F8GXtqOAUNUfq3zfDL435FiQzhY1q4jVbDRcn6RtZGyfkWFTaO6PN46vlxIzrY7rbuiIunFtg-2BIgGUWy7X7a8Fyj6Oeo2HY8w9z7ZI-2B9-2F1WJVHI5i3aQ7pIUDO2gMdxAlJ8jzEUcbwaUjnapD3isYMeTF5mju0DmUpcgTAgU2pXxSKltLYwDQ3C-2FdIOOlY-2BEhu66gMiWvEeZ28-2BsVZFJoMJQIa-2FZLxYA93lVSzySQFb5LdWIDt10bkN-2BtTvIM4g2Jd67f8yiwjuAQbPZniyMWEKB4AuvbidknInjoQRcO0zPYjsOS2IRukEvncZVR6bwj9OExTurblS-2Bnq3xDZfpSfWHPZ7qOaJEQ5iwp7B2mxkCD21KF2Ir2OMo1nIM-2BUXBlhsdDniERmn-2Bd0q2DjfdHIr-2Fvev0ql9lXLyx1jVEi3LPwBUMG7Y4cXII56YRaI9h2oIVm7ySYMfbahsq0FN0WX6cuWBup-2FeTSMvmb0LpgoL8L5qhCNswkgzqyBBqvh7xAAFlTC0nS5thW2sLP9ygWW03xPL1xULoWHkpxtQ-2FlztluQnQHG5oUd7E5ll46widnU72C1Xfy0gLO51VqDT1dfyctF04172OhTkoH7QcYqGRKEaV1weWgnuNyG4Zr4fkEC1IYTxlNFA-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Read More </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:628px;"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/ls/click?upn=u001.qynS8GY0ZxGWz34zdrv7Uw0KRnMsWq6oxXcQQxq7mSwFebZ8PomfMztrFTMzcryVAMAet4VEqEiGjd1PSRrSgiIl6a6JuA519whvM5r3zjc-2F0f1uMvzck9g6SHjELT8mIWpufQpuTifnXrlAa3hG4-2B-2BZsPQKCOr67RIiXoR1uGJzUAZ6YvlKLto7gcNIia2-2BvD6QJXblIzMWkRs0Agdit8q-2B-2FKFlkZU5bTKGnGhEF4OsMlIPZciEy2tavWUkb1pjCCyFL1rZGOhP2k3-2FUptTPgBJbC88ZRzR9sUZ28ft4ODTtOUnKVeqZ9gZqifpZAVrBetQf2MJpruSV17tzfvaJUAi3oRdgIh8VRguYcafWK3b1BsLYLM-2BJsGZYoNqyem0UOXp9VjPWM0vaWvFabPsBA-3D-3Di4ti_fvha5zL32SB-2F8GXtqOAUNUfq3zfDL435FiQzhY1q4jVbDRcn6RtZGyfkWFTaO6PN46vlxIzrY7rbuiIunFtg-2BIgGUWy7X7a8Fyj6Oeo2HY8w9z7ZI-2B9-2F1WJVHI5i3aQ7pIUDO2gMdxAlJ8jzEUcbwaUjnapD3isYMeTF5mju0DmUpcgTAgU2pXxSKltLYwDQ3C-2FdIOOlY-2BEhu66gMiWvEeZ28-2BsVZFJoMJQIa-2FZLxYA93lVSzySQFb5LdWIDt10bkN-2BtTvIM4g2Jd67f8yiwjuAQbPZniyMWEKB4AuvbidknInjoQRcO0zPYjsOS2IRukEvncZVR6bwj9OExTurblS-2Bnq3xDZfpSfWHPZ7qOaJEQ5iwp7B2mxkCD21KF2Ir2OMo1nIM-2BUXBlhsdDniERmn-2Bd0q2DjfdHIr-2Fvev0ql9lXLyx1jVEi3LPwBUMG7Y4cXII56YRaI9h2oIVm7ySYMfbahsq0FN0WX6cuWBup-2FeTSMvmb0LpgoL8L5qhCNswkO84pjqb-2Fb7GhLgeDX4Hg7cEkCExNkEZj7JqTErVzQBqGPoK0rSJIgooNU-2FXdBcl9svzeCL-2Fq9lwedFQH-2BGUXTarZdWsPvUKio24AWGhsrNg-2FA9fQPDy3vzQnNg5EvQf810eHBnZRhpviIkmXX9pD8w-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/2a0b2292-eaa2-461b-a4c7-2b5c33f985c0/drink_data_water_tower_ai_feature.png" alt="An illustrative visual of the "YOU CAN'T DRINK DATA" AI-generated water tower image from Arizona, with other AI-generated water towers overlaid on top of the image" height="auto" width="628" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="images-allegedly-show-water-towers-" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Images allegedly show water towers across US with anti-data center messaging. Are they real?</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Posts claimed the water towers are located across numerous U.S. states, such as Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts and Missouri. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/ls/click?upn=u001.qynS8GY0ZxGWz34zdrv7Uw0KRnMsWq6oxXcQQxq7mSwFebZ8PomfMztrFTMzcryVAMAet4VEqEiGjd1PSRrSgiIl6a6JuA519whvM5r3zjc-2F0f1uMvzck9g6SHjELT8mIWpufQpuTifnXrlAa3hG4-2B-2BZsPQKCOr67RIiXoR1uGJzUAZ6YvlKLto7gcNIia2-2BvD6QJXblIzMWkRs0Agdit8q-2B-2FKFlkZU5bTKGnGhEF4OsMlIPZciEy2tavWUkb1pjCCyFL1rZGOhP2k3-2FUptTPgBJbC88ZRzR9sUZ28ft4ODTtOUnKVeqZ9gZqifpZAVrBetQf2MJpruSV17tzfvaJcHPmiEUNWlO3L9Qk-2F66AJ2ANs9XAP3lUv2dR8hYlQgkqX77QQG6XX0D3Bxz2smjtg-3D-3DAng__fvha5zL32SB-2F8GXtqOAUNUfq3zfDL435FiQzhY1q4jVbDRcn6RtZGyfkWFTaO6PN46vlxIzrY7rbuiIunFtg-2BIgGUWy7X7a8Fyj6Oeo2HY8w9z7ZI-2B9-2F1WJVHI5i3aQ7pIUDO2gMdxAlJ8jzEUcbwaUjnapD3isYMeTF5mju0DmUpcgTAgU2pXxSKltLYwDQ3C-2FdIOOlY-2BEhu66gMiWvEeZ28-2BsVZFJoMJQIa-2FZLxYA93lVSzySQFb5LdWIDt10bkN-2BtTvIM4g2Jd67f8yiwjuAQbPZniyMWEKB4AuvbidknInjoQRcO0zPYjsOS2IRukEvncZVR6bwj9OExTurblS-2Bnq3xDZfpSfWHPZ7qOaJEQ5iwp7B2mxkCD21KF2Ir2OMo1nIM-2BUXBlhsdDniERmn-2Bd0q2DjfdHIr-2Fvev0ql9lXLyx1jVEi3LPwBUMG7Y4cXII56YRaI9h2oIVm7ySYMfbahsq0FN0WX6cuWBup-2FeTSMvmb0LpgoL8L5qhCNswkPGY7C4RC0lpYalK5ygm-2BZddQRRc1iVn2FrXVXbDunMHVSWRjrfOVoEK62WZ-2F5D1rEQhOCJlEpAj3-2B94TwuwesSvEkBDWzM-2FNZOb06bUgYtky0ZwOp7A1DqqnJBPW-2BQoe-2BYacIoFB7ZP9aDSeOqCHGQ-3D-3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Read More </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="staff-pick" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Staff pick</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:628px;"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/ls/click?upn=u001.qynS8GY0ZxGWz34zdrv7Uw0KRnMsWq6oxXcQQxq7mSz4OB13jub-2BC36sMYoDmZ1ywP4t1LXALWAZZ7hCdaZkTaVQqvtdy4gKsJTDr8yxcZxxDVw68ZnX0FAhLUarzoJvqvZJ7FTh3uL5QKAGX40LcXlLEg6vOkYO9lsj-2BviAvqpIXPPl2TT7SUXpBsK4Zyv8Risc-2BTbBDVRrBSr5XzAp4G4bQmz9zr7mhu1hmmY8B4Ci4HI6d9usm6h-2BF7FeyQpMdcx2WyAaEiskTBa2aY2QpOUbkE0b1k9IdixbdE5wYpy7BcZa5K4-2Bt8dnpZGy8ZbEBfqMJhJXprRIN4PwET42wgDhs6TD01eQf2pze3jD8EB-2FXJGyFNNq90fCkWzPsvmnyck9_fvha5zL32SB-2F8GXtqOAUNUfq3zfDL435FiQzhY1q4jVbDRcn6RtZGyfkWFTaO6PN46vlxIzrY7rbuiIunFtg-2BIgGUWy7X7a8Fyj6Oeo2HY8w9z7ZI-2B9-2F1WJVHI5i3aQ7pIUDO2gMdxAlJ8jzEUcbwaUjnapD3isYMeTF5mju0DmUpcgTAgU2pXxSKltLYwDQ3C-2FdIOOlY-2BEhu66gMiWvEeZ28-2BsVZFJoMJQIa-2FZLxYA93lVSzySQFb5LdWIDt10bkN-2BtTvIM4g2Jd67f8yiwjuAQbPZniyMWEKB4AuvbidknInjoQRcO0zPYjsOS2IRukEvncZVR6bwj9OExTurblS-2Bnq3xDZfpSfWHPZ7qOaJEQ5iwp7B2mxkCD21KF2Ir2OMo1nIM-2BUXBlhsdDniERmn-2Bd0q2DjfdHIr-2Fvev0ql9lXLyx1jVEi3LPwBUMG7Y4cXII56YRaI9h2oIVm7ySYMfbahsq0FN0WX6cuWBup-2FeTSMvmb0LpgoL8L5qhCNswkoIf-2BWpbqSBLQRngtYHtZrdKZQypJ-2F5zy2mI3B49yqKvtUtcnTXYJYaESEJIpm7jxByBJJ-2F1cXqr6CUIPCwGPWIZ0vvlToYHhTBWR4llEN3TLMQnsm9rFTNMuA3W6qkJPe3a4-2FGs6zpTlZVY0dSJk0g-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/d624d302-12fc-47a6-aba0-f31958c830f3/marty_ai_ferry_cat.png" alt="An AI-generated image of a cat sitting on a stool, riding a ferry. 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A plaque on the stool reads "Marty, Official Ferry Cat, Est. 2020"" height="auto" width="628" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="true-story-about-cat-named-marty-wi" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">True story about cat named Marty with designated ferry seat?</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Images spread online claiming to show a ferry seat made for a special daily commuter: a cat named Marty. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:medium;font-weight:400;">Unfortunately, the truth behind the rumor isn't 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# Snopes Debunker
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## Did Pope Leo XIV use AI to write encyclical about dangers of AI? What we know
Posts online suggested Pope Leo XIV may have used AI technology to help him write his first encyclical== ==about the dangers of AI.
The rumor originated from an AI researcher's Substack post that The Verge, a tech news publication, amplified. Senior reporter Jordan Liles examined the evidence.
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## Did Dr. Oz say Trump 'likes to do the thing where I hold his scrotum and tell him to cough'?
The claim spread via a screenshot that was made to look like a Newsweek article.
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## Did Hunter Biden post 'I would never have forgotten my drugs' about 2023 White House cocaine incident?
A screenshot allegedly showed former President Joe Biden's son commenting about the controversy.
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## Did Mark Zuckerberg's data center 'dry up' Rio Grande? Here's what records show
The rumor touched on concerns about tech companies' environmental impact.
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## Images allegedly show water towers across US with anti-data center messaging. Are they real?
Posts claimed the water towers are located across numerous U.S. states, such as Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts and Missouri.
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## True story about cat named Marty with designated ferry seat?
Images spread online claiming to show a ferry seat made for a special daily commuter: a cat named Marty.
Unfortunately, the truth behind the rumor isn't heartwarming. Reporter Jack Izzo has the real story.
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