Artificial Intelligence is growing rapidly in the world, and one of the most concerning developments is that it's fueling misinformation online.

Over the weekend, that misinformation found its way to my family when an uncle asked me about the Detroit Lions hiring Calvin Johnson to be an "assistant offensive coach" recently. It was something he saw on Facebook. 

Most people know that this is not true. Johnson is not on the Lions coaching staff, and there's been no talk about that whatsoever. But if you type it on Facebook, you'll see countless posts like this and countless Lions fans believing it to be true. 

11 thousand people saw that and liked it. One thousand people shared it. You can see in the comments that there are a lot of people who believe it and others who see through what's happening here. 

I did a bit of a deep dive Monday morning into the world of A.I. Lions misinformation, and there are some really weird stories out there. Like this one, where Lions head coach Dan Campbell rescued two abandoned twin girls on a cold winter night 20 years ago and then reunited with them this year. 

What is even happening here? 20 years ago, Dan Campbell was playing for the Dallas Cowboys and living in Texas. Not a whole lot of cold winter nights there. Campbell also looked like this 20 years ago. 

There are a ton of Lions fans in the comments section of this praising Campbell for being a hero and saving these two babies lying on the street. It's not that Campbell wouldn't do it in real life; it's that he just never did this. 

Here's one that's a little more dangerous due to the political attachments to it. In this scenario, Jameson Williams makes some sort of terrible statement against Elon Musk because Kansas City Chiefs' president Mark Donovan "refuses to advertise for Tesla" 

None of this happened, as most of you know. Jameson Williams has never publicly said anything about Musk, and the Chiefs don't have any kind of dispute with Tesla. 

Where this could get dangerous is obvious. Someone who may be a fan of Musk and Donald Trump reads this and takes this as some sort of anti-American speech from Williams, and they decide to harass him, or even worse, attempt to get some sort of retribution. 

We'll end on one more, and this one is kind of funny in the sense that the way you can tell it's fake is right there. Apparently, Dan Campbell realized his old janitor from school was still working there, and he decided to surprise the 85-year-old with a check for a lot of money. Maybe look at that check and tell me what you notice. 

"Pay to the order of Mr. David." I've got to tell you, I don't think any bank is going to cash that. Also, why is Mr. David like 20 years younger in the pictures where he's getting the check? Why did people believe this? 

There are other ones like Jahmy Gibbs going to war-torn countries to feed people, Aidan Hutchinson building a $20 million animal shelter, Marcus Davenport giving all his money back and playing for free, Barry Sanders taking Ray Agnew's job as the Lions' assistant GM, and Dan Campbell standing up for a 78-year-old woman at the bank after the bank humiliated her. 

Over time, people will become a little better at spotting these fakes, but maybe the fakes will become a little better too. If you see something and you're not sure if it is, ask someone you know will knows how to spot fake stories. It's totally ok to get fooled once, but make sure you don't get fooled a lot more. 

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