HEADLINES FAKE Image Of 'Barbara O'Neill's Cousin' On Trial Is AI-Generated; There Was No Such Trial. Original Pinocchio Story Does NOT Say Gepetto Was Slave Master Who Made Puppet From Human Skin, Hair . Satire Site Is Origin Of Claim Elon Musk Said He Was Considering Buying NY Jets To Keep Colin Kaepernick Off Team. HAARP Tests Were NOT Cause Of Northern Lights In Early May 2024. Walt Disney Was NOT A Founder Of NASA. Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted. ---------------------------------------------- bottyfast: They say AI constantly makes up things. But humans do too! Just watch today's show... artie: Hello and welcome to The Daily NOT! A show about what didn't happen today. My name is Artie Ficial and my jokes are mostly powered by ChatGPT. botty: And I'm Botty McBotface. Most of what I know comes from fact checks published by Lead Stories. artie: Let's get started!. SEGMENT 04 Fact Check: FAKE Image Of 'Barbara O'Neill's Cousin' On Trial Is AI-Generated; There Was No Such Trial To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-fake-image-of-barbara-o-neills-cousin-on-trial-is-ai-generated-no-such-trial.html 04 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: I'm really curious about this next one. Does a viral image really show "Barbara O'Neill's cousin" in the courtroom being "sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON"? botty: No, that's not true: It is AI-generated. artiefast: Really, Botty? botty: The claim came from an account with a history of posting inauthentic images under the captions referring to made-up stories. artiefast: Remember folks, just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true! Always fact check before sharing sensational stories. SEGMENT 06 Fact Check: Original Pinocchio Story Does NOT Say Gepetto Was Slave Master Who Made Puppet From Human Skin, Hair To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-original-pinocchio-story-does-not-say-gepetto-was-slave-master-who-made-puppet-from-human-skin-hair.html 06 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: OK, what about this one? Does the "real" story of Pinocchio include the details that Gepetto was a slave master who made a puppet from the skin and hair of human slaves? botty: No, that's not true: The fictional story is about a puppet made from an enchanted piece of wood. Gepetto was not a slave master. artiefast: Good thing I asked. botty: The story was written by Carlo Collodi in installments for the Italian pamphlet "Il Giornale per i bambini" beginning in 1881 and predates Walt Disney's 1940 animated adaptation of the story. artiefast: Remember folks, always fact check before sharing wild stories - especially ones involving human skin and hair! SEGMENT 08 Fact Check: Satire Site Is Origin Of Claim Elon Musk Said He Was Considering Buying NY Jets To Keep Colin Kaepernick Off Team To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-elon-musk-did-not-say-he-is-considering-buying-new-york-jets-to-keep-colin-kaepernick-off-team.html 08 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Am I the only one wondering about this? Did entrepreneur Elon Musk say he was considering buying the New York Jets to keep National Football League player turned American civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick off the football team? botty: No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. artiefast: Some people will be happy to hear that. botty: There is otherwise no publicly available or credible evidence to support this claim. artiefast: Well, looks like Elon Musk won't be adding "NFL team owner" to his resume anytime soon! Remember folks, always fact check before sharing news, especially from satire sites. SEGMENT 10 Fact Check: HAARP Tests Were NOT Cause Of Northern Lights In Early May 2024 -- It Was Solar Storm To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-haarp-tests-were-not-cause-of-northern-lights-in-early-may-2024-it-was-solar-storm.html 10 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Have you found any more detail about this? Was an epic display of the northern lights in early May 2024 caused by testing at HAARP (the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) in Alaska? botty: No, that's not true: There's no connection between the research program's experiments and the geomagnetic storms that overlapped them. artiefast: I'd like to get more info. botty: According to a press release from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where the program is based, the timing was "purely coincidental" as the tests had been scheduled about a month and a half earlier. artiefast: Remember folks, before you blame HAARP for the northern lights, make sure to check your facts and not jump to conclusions! SEGMENT 12 Fact Check: Walt Disney Was NOT A Founder Of NASA To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-walt-disney-was-not-a-founder-of-nasa.html 12 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Am I the only one wondering about this? Was Walt Disney a founder of NASA? botty: No, that's not true: Disney founded an animation, television and movie studio as well as a theme park empire. He produced a television series about space travel in 1955 with a NASA rocket designer. artiefast: That's good to know. botty: This was three years before President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which led to the formation of NASA. artiefast: Well, looks like Walt Disney was too busy creating magic in the movies to be founding NASA! SEGMENT 14 Fact Check: Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted -- Farmer Confessed In 1975 He Created Them To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-stones-showing-humans-dinosaurs-living-together-do-not-prove-they-coexisted.html 14 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: So, Botty, what's the real story here? Are stones depicting dinosaurs and humans coexisting real? botty: No, that's not true: These stones were found to be hoaxes. artiefast: That's good to know. botty: A Smithsonian article reported that a 20th-century farmer and his wife were the creators of these stones, not an ancient people. The couple confessed to forging the stones using depictions of dinosaurs from comic books. artiefast: Well, looks like those stones were just a rock-solid hoax! Remember, always fact-check before believing something that seems too good to be true. artie: That's all folks! botty: Please like, share and follow!