Hey devs, Ishant here 👋
It’s 1 AM, I have an exam tomorrow, and instead of sleeping like a responsible human…
I shipped an AI-powered fake news detector.
Because priorities. 💀
Meet The Truth Gazette — a newspaper-styled AI tool that investigates headlines, URLs, and images and tells you whether they look REAL, FAKE, or UNCERTAIN — with receipts.
What is The Truth Gazette?
Think of it as a desk-checker, not a final judge.
You paste something sketchy from the internet, and it responds like an overly serious newsroom editor who’s had too much coffee:
- Verdict (REAL / FAKE / UNCERTAIN)
- Confidence %
- A dramatic newspaper-style headline
- A proper investigation report (not just “trust me bro”)
- Key findings
- Clickable sources so you can verify it yourself
No vibes-only scores. No mystery boxes.
👉 Live here: https://truthgazette.vercel.app/
💀 Why I made this
Because misinformation spreads faster than exam stress.
Also because:
- I was tired of “FACT CHECKED ✅” posts with zero sources and points to (Trust me, bro! 😏)
- Most tools either oversimplify or don’t explain why
- I wanted something fun and responsible
This isn’t a certified fact-checking authority.
It’s a fast triage tool to help you decide whether something deserves deeper digging.
✅ What it actually does
- Accepts text, URLs, or images (Images → OCR → analysis)
- Returns:
- Verdict (FAKE / REAL / UNCERTAIN)
- Confidence %
- Newspaper headline (yes, dramatic on purpose)
- Investigation report (3–4 paragraphs)
- Key findings
- Sources
- UI: vintage newspaper vibes, confidence meter, and clickable sources
Hidden bonus:
Press Shift + L for a totally unnecessary flashlight Easter egg 🔦
(Press it again to escape before it becomes a horror game, joking LOL 💀)
🔧 Tech & questionable life choices
- Frontend: plain HTML / CSS / JS (No heavy SPA frameworks — I wanted it fast and simple)
- Backend: Vercel Serverless API
- AI calls are server-side only
- No API keys in the browser
- Rate-limited to avoid abuse
- Deployed on Vercel
Yes, I named files like real_new.html.
No, I will not be taking questions at this time. 🙏😭
🧪 Try these test headlines
Paste any of these into the app:
- “Breaking: Coffee found to cure all coding bugs — scientists baffled”
- “NASA admits climate change is caused by Earth’s orbit, not humans”
- “Celebrity secretly funds alien research in their basement”
- “New study proves chocolate makes you 10 years younger”
Then inspect the verdict, confidence, and sources.
Bonus points if you screenshot the angriest verdict.
⚠️ Disclaimer (important but boring)
This is a capstone project, not legal or medical advice.
Always cross-check important information with primary sources.
The goal is to help you pause before sharing, not replace critical thinking.
🙌 Feedback welcome
This is now live, public, and slightly terrifying.
If you try it:
- Tell me what worked
- Tell me what broke
- Tell me if the AI roasted a headline harder than expected
Now I’m going to sleep and pray this doesn’t 500 error overnight.
— Ishant 🖤
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