Snopes Factbot
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Free AI chatbot from Snopes answering rumor questions, best used as a starting point then verified against the linked Snopes article.
What it does
FactBot is a beta AI chatbot built into Snopes.com that answers questions about rumors, urban legends and current events. Snopes explicitly warns the AI can hallucinate and asks users to confirm any answer against the underlying Snopes article before trusting it.
Core features
Conversational Q&A about rumors and fact-checks
Example prompts for common myth-style questions
Links back to source Snopes articles
Answer-usefulness feedback rating
Built into the existing Snopes site and app
Best for
→Quickly checking whether a viral claim is true
→Getting a starting point before reading a full fact-check
→Asking casual questions about pop-culture rumors
Toolspool rankingby global site rank