{
  "id": 5130883,
  "title": "Adam Kucharski would like to point out he did not win big at a casino",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/adam-kucharski-would-like-to-point-out-he-did-not-win-big-at-a-casino",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Scientist",
    "slug": "new-scientist",
    "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586960-adam-kucharski-would-like-to-point-out-he-did-not-win-big-at-a-casino/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Epidemiologist and mathematician Adam Kucharski found himself the subject of fictional stories on the internet after claiming he had never gambled before. Two X posts claimed he won 500K in a casino, with one quoting his work from his book The Perfect Bet (2016). Kucharski's wife, Emily, simply stated, \"If only this were true.\"",
  "summary": "Feedback goes down an AI rabbit hole after discovering that the internet is making up stories about epidemiologist and mathematician Adam Kucharski - and that his wife has had to weigh in",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}